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24 himſelf: for Alexander appears to do what his requires of him, from a principle of filial duty  than compliance with his own inclinations; His  has acquired him the hearts of the  his good ſenſe the admiration of the officers: he  the conſtant mediator between the autocrat and  unhappy persons who, by some trifling neglect,  have provoked imperial wrath and vengeance. Young Prince requires not the dignity of grand duke of Ruſſia to inſpire ſentiments of love and ; nature has richly endowed him with the amiable qualities, and his character of heir to  greateſt empire in the world, cannot render them indifferent to humanity. Heaven, perhaps, may deſtined him to render thirty millions of people  free than they are at preſent, and more worthy of  ſo.

His character, however, though amiable, is He wants the courage and confidence to diſcover  man of merit, always modeſt and unobtruſive; and  is to be feared, that the moſt importunate and impudent, who are generally the moſt ignorant and, will find leaſt difficulty in procuring acceſs  him. Yielding too eaſily to the impulſes of others, does not ſufficiently conſult his own heart and. He appears to have loſt his reliſh for inſtruction, on loſing his maſters, and eſpecially L'Harpe, his firſt preceptor, to whom he owes all  knowledge he has acquired. A premature may have contributed to diminiſh his energy; and  is probable that, notwithſtanding his good  he will become in time the dupe of his courtiers,  even of his valets.

FINIS.