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a name which will long be dwelt upon with fond 

 regret by many who now hear me as that of a friend 

 from whose presence few coiild depart without in- 

 crease of knowledge, and admiration of his simplicity, 

 his modesty, and his worth. Multis ille bonis jlebilis 

 occidit. [27] 



Here, too, the clear and vigorous mind of Jardine 

 was directed to the study of theology and morals. [28] 

 Here Maclaine found refuge when driven by an in- 

 vading enemy from the country of his choice. And 

 it was here that two of the gentlest and most amiable 

 of men prosecuted with unwearied assiduity the search 

 after truth ; one unfolding the nature of the human 

 mind, and displaying in a lucid manner the various 

 affections and passions by which human nature is 

 moved; the other seeking out the evidence of the 

 divinity of our holy religion, or ascertaining the 

 meaning of dark passages of Scripture, — two friends 

 during the whole period of their mortal lives, and at 

 their deaths not long divided: — 



Quales neque candidiores 

 Terra tulit : — 



With these, the names of Cogan and Simpson, [29] 

 I shall close this department ; and the next that may 

 be opened is that of History. 



