MEMOIR OF CAMPER. 
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became a member of the Council of State, ami 
was then of course obliged to reside at the Hague. 
IJuring the revolution, which immediately after- 
wards occurred in Holland, he remained firmly at- 
tached to the party of the Stadtholder, without, 
however, yielding his unqualified approbation to all 
Its measures. The triumph of his own party was 
eyen accompanied with circumstances which gave 
him much concern, and embittered the latter period 
of his life. He died of a violent pleurisy, on the 
<th April 1789, at the age of sixty-seven years; 
and his remains were deposited in the tomb of his 
ancestors, in St Peter’s at Leyden. 
To a mind enriched with vast stores of knowledge, 
and adorned with a taste at once elegant and refined, 
Camper united the most benevolent affections, and 
possessed all the virtues of social and domestic life. 
His conduct in the several relationships of son, of 
husband, and father, were in all respects exemplary. 
His manners were remarkably placid, and bespoke 
hat habitual equanimity which formed the charac- 
eustic quality of his temper, and which, amidst 
' long sensibility to the affections of humanity, he 
•■onstamly studied to preserve. Nature had hestow- 
^ upon him a dignified and graceful form, and a 
ai ,ably animated and expressive countenance. 
11 "'hich was sonorous and flexible, was ex- 
th' ^1 public speaking. Besides all 
an!l’ singular facility in acquiring languages, 
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