DR. DARWIN. H 



dence, commit the important talk of ren- 

 dering his children's minds a foil fit to 

 receive, and bring to fruit, the ftamina of 

 wifdom and fcience. 



Mrs. Darwin's own mind, by nature fb 

 well endowed, ftrengthened and expanded 

 in the friendfhip, converfation, and confi- 

 dence of fo beloved, fo revered a preceptor. 

 But alas ! upon her early youth, and a too 

 delicate conftitution, the frequency of her 

 maternal fituation, during the firft five 

 years of her marriage, had probably a bane- 

 ful effecl:. The potent {kill, and affiduous 

 cares of him, before whom difeafc daily 

 vanifhed from the frame of others, could 

 not expel it radically from that of her ho 

 loved. It was however kept at bay thirteen 

 years. 



Upon the diftinguifhed happinefs of thoic 

 years, ihe fpoke with fervour to two inti- 

 mate female friends in the laft week of her 

 , which clofed at the latter end of 



the 



