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Few Men Can Be Said To Have Inimitable Excellencies: Let Us Watch Them In Their Progress From Infancy To Manhood, And We Shall Soon Be Convinced That What They Attained Was The Necessary Consequence Of The Line They Pursued, And The Means They Used.

Now An Infinite Happiness Cannot Be Purchased By Any Price Less Than That Which Is Infinite In Value; And Infinity Of Merit Can Only Result From A Nature That Is Infinitely Divine Or Perfect

Pride Works Frequently Under A Dense Mask, And Will Often Assume The Garb Of Humility.

It Is To Be Regretted That Few Persons Who Have Arrived At Any Degree Of Eminence Or Fame, Have Written Memorials Of Themselves, At Least Such As Have Embraced Their Private As Well As Their Public Life.

It Is Strictly And Philosophically True In Nature And Reason That There Is No Such Thing As Chance Or Accident; It Being Evident That These Words Do Not Signify Anything Really Existing, Anything That Is Truly An Agent Or The Cause Of Any Event; But They Signify Merely Men's Ignorance Of The Real An Immediate Cause.