234 HARD-HEARTEDNESS. 



But he was a professional gentleman, not 

 troubled with a conscience, and possessed 

 a heart as hard as the metal that formed 

 the staple of the company over which he 

 presided. 



Another of the legal profession, from 

 whose office emanated the line that gave 

 the death-blow to my avocation, resisted 

 every effort made for me by others, and 

 all my own applications for employment, 

 and consigned me and mine, without 

 mercy and without even a hearing, to 

 poverty and want. 



On being asked by a venerable clergy- 

 man of the Establishment,* whose appear- 

 ance as well as his preaching always re- 

 minded me of one of the Apostles if any 

 provision had been made for me, I said, 

 "No." This excited his commiseration 

 and surprise, which he expressed in most 

 earnest language; and I, feeling as if in 

 the presence of some superior being, 



* The Rev. Edwards. 



