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proportions and accurate lineaments of a man 

 of integrity, learning, and great professional 

 skill. 



Can it be conceived then, my Lord, that such 

 men were ignorant of the character of one, with 

 whom they had been acquainted for many years ; 

 or, that believing it to be unfit for mixture with 

 the college, they would yet pledge their own 

 honour upon its pureness ? None scarcely are 

 so depraved as to do wrong for its own sake ; 

 temptation is for the most part necessary to 

 induce the most abandoned villain to add to 

 his crimes. Supposing now for a moment, that 

 Dr. Pitcairn and Dr. Baillie were capable of 

 being actuated by unworthy motives, they could 

 not have possibly gained aught by proposing 

 me. They could not desire to get rid of im- 

 portunity, for what they did was of their own 

 free motion ; or to repay favours which had 

 been received by them, for on the score of good 

 offices I was already greatly in their debt. On 

 the other hand, they knew well, that what they 

 were doing was highly disagreeable to the go- 

 verning members of the corporation. These 

 men they were obliged to meet frequently, 

 either in ordinary society, or in the exercise of 

 their profession, or at the comitia of the college. 

 It was, therefore, of importance to their ease 

 and comfort at least not to offend them. Since, 



