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 NOTE E.

The poet Burns, though he went to an early grave the victim of his own appetites, exhibited often an exquisite appreciation of what was morally beautiful and touching. In one of his letters he writes that he could never read without tears the following text from the New Testament:—

"The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

Cambridge: Press of John Wilson and Son.