LIFE of Dr HUTTON. 99 



is matter of real regret, that it has been unable to furvive its 

 founders. 



The fimplicity of manner that has been already remarked as 

 fo ftrikingly exemplified in Dr Hutton, was but a part of an ex- 

 treme difintereftednefs which manifefted itfelf in every thing he 

 did. He was upright, candid, and fincere ; ftrongly attached to 

 his friends ; ready to facrifice any thing to aflift them ; humane 

 and charitable. He fet no great value on money, or, perhaps, 

 to fpeak properly, he fet on it no more than its true value j yet, 

 owing to the moderation of his manner of life, and the ability 

 with which his friend Mr Davie conducted their joint con- 

 cerns, he acquired confiderable wealth. 



He was never married, but lived with his fitters, three excel- 

 lent women, who managed his domeftic affairs ; and of whom, 

 only one, Mifs Isabella Hutton, remained to lament his 

 death. By her his collection of foflils, about which he left no 

 particular inftructions, was prefented to Dr Black ; who 

 thought that he could not better confult the advantage of the 

 public, or the credit of his friend, than by giving it to the Royal 

 Society of Edinburgh, under the condition that it mould be 

 completely arranged, and kept for ever feparate, for the purpofe 

 of illuflrating the Huttonian Theory of the Earth* 



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