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aid was soon procured ; but it was a case that no human art 

 could reach. He lingered until about ten o'clock on the following 

 morning, when he expired, apparently without pain the only 

 circumstance which could shed a gleam of consolation over the 

 agony of those hours during which his afflicted relatives watched 

 over him. 



" In drawing a brief sketch of this lamented young man, we 

 feel that we cannot better describe him than by saying, that he 

 combined in a remarkable manner the talents of his uncle and 

 his father, whose names have long been familiar to the literary 

 and scientific world, both at home and abroad; the former 

 having been justly regarded as one of the most distinguished 

 scholars, the latter as one of the first physiologists of his age. 



"The reputation of his uncle, and his own education at Eton, 

 had led him to become intimately acquainted with the classics ; 

 and one of the highest gratifications which his intimate friends 

 derived from his society arose from that keen perception of 

 their beauties which, with the aid of a powerful memory, 

 enabled him so happily to apply them to passing scenes. 



"From Eton he removed to Trinity College, Cambridge, 

 where he made a considerable progress in mathematics. He 

 became also well acquainted with metaphysics, a branch of 

 knowledge in which he took much pleasure. It has been ob- 

 jected to metaphysics that they lead to scepticism ; but they 

 whose originality of mind leads them to seek for truth in new 

 and unbeaten tracks, where few are capable of following them, 

 are perhaps too hastily accused of disregarding the important 

 truths of revelation. Whatever danger, however, may arise 

 from the study of metaphysics to less powerful minds, the sub- 

 ject of this memoir was possessed of qualities which prevented 

 his being long misled by them. To a patient investigation of 

 truth, and that jealousy in its admission which, whilst it is the 

 mark of a superior mind, is at the same time the ground of that 

 confidence we place in its decisions, he united an openness to 

 conviction, and a candour in acknowledging it, that few are 

 possessed of. Whilst he delighted them by following our 



