LIFE OF DE LIVINGSTONE. 



DAVID LIVINGSTONE is a Scotchman, and one whom 

 his nation may well delight to honour. He is one of 

 God's true nobility, as is shewn by high resolve, energetic and 

 successful action, Christian character, and unselfish aim. 



The Scottish nation stands out boldly in the history of 

 great achievement; especially in Travel. Here is a golden 

 chain of names eminent in exploration : Mungo Park, Bruce, 

 Buchanan, Moffat, Livingstone. The last the greatest of all. 

 It appears from his own statement, that his great grandfather 

 fought at Culloden, and that his grandfather was a small 

 farmer at Ulva, one of the cluster of the Hebrides. Like 

 Sir Walter Scott, Burns, and others, his mind, in childhood 

 and youth, was much influenced by the Gaelic and Scottish 

 legends of years bye-gone. His grandfather could recount 

 the lives of his forefathers for six generations, who it appears 

 were remarkable for uprightness of character. One of them, 

 on his death-bed, charged his family with a remembrance of 

 this fact, and left them the motto for practical application, 

 <f BE honest." This motto has doubtless influenced Dr 



