MEMOIR. 



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My last declaration will relate to the 

 obligations under which I lie to my friends. 

 I have already spoken of my rare good 

 fortune, in having acquired, in the course 

 of my life, five most intimate friends. All 

 of these are still in being, and from all of 

 them I have received, throughout my ill* 

 ness, the warmest -proofs of attachment. 

 Two of them, however, have most espe- 

 cially afforded such proofs, Dr. Lister and 

 Dr. Baillie, partly from their residing in 

 London, and partly from the nature of 

 their profession. My obligations to Dn 

 Lister are extreme. During the whole of 

 my disease, he has visited me constantly 

 twice, and sometimes thrice a day ; and 

 during each of these visits, he has con- 

 ducted himself towards me, with fully as 

 much kindness, as if I had been his 

 brother. 



I have likewise to express my very great 

 obligations to two other of my friends, Mr* 



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