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been reared amid the pomp of courts, * and therefore 
remote from the common sympathies of mankind. He 
always remembered an obligation, and was wont to 
mourn the loss of a valuable subject rather with the 
keen regret of a brother than with the cold and formal 
dignity of a king. His attachment to his relations was 
ardent in the extreme. He was at once a dutiful son, 
an affectionate father, a tender husband, and a benevo- 
lent sovereign. Aware that monarchs are dependent 
upon their subjects for the prosperity attendant upon 
all wise administrations, he wus ever anxiously mindful 
of those reciprocal obligations which exist, and conse- 
quently ought to be recognised, between prince and 
subject, as among the common claims established by 
nature between man and man. The overflowing ge- 
nerosity of his disposition extended to all around him, 
and throughout his Memoirs he almost invariably speaks 
of every one connected with him, either by the ties of 
kindred or friendship, in terms of affectionate interest 
— sometimes of glowing enthusiasm. In short, his 
whole character was one of the purest benevolence. 
The forbearance of Mercy was at all times much 
more conspicuous in him than the severity of Jus- 
tice. He poised the scales of the latter, but retained 
her sword in the scabbard. “ A striking feature in 
Baber’s character is his unlikeness to the Asiatic 
princes. Instead of the stately, systematic, artificial 
character that seems to belong to the throne of Asia, 
we find him natural, lively, affectionate, simple, re- 
taining upon the throne all the best feelings and affec- 
tions of common life. Change a few circumstances 
arising from his religion and country, and in recording 
