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and strong, natural good feeling towards 

 his fellow-creatures. 



He possessed a fair share of oratory; 

 could express himself with energy and 

 eloquence, if not with brilliancy ; was of 

 sound understanding, well read in his- 

 tory, more particularly that of his own 

 country, her laws and institutions. He 

 was of inflexible purpose, not easily 

 daunted ; but doing all that became a 

 man when circumstances rendered a de- 

 cided action necessary. 



As an instance of individual bravery 

 I may mention, that one evening, nearly 

 at the termination of our meeting, we 

 were suddenly aroused from our discus- 

 sion by the cry of "fire!" proceeding from 

 the street. We all immediately rushed to 

 the front-door, when we found a large 

 ironmonger's shop and house, a few doors 

 down the street, on the opposite side of 

 the way, becoming a prey to the ravages 

 of the flames, which were fast issuing 



