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40 is no repentance. Hard labour and mean living is an antidote to luxury and idleness, and captivity the reverse of nature, might prevent a great deal of wickedness in the world, and bring many unthinking creatures to remember and prepare for their latter end, before it is to late, which I should rejoice to see." This judicious, enlightened, and truly christian sentiment, is of itself an imperishable evidence of the profound conceptions of his understanding, and alone sufficient, if there were no other proof of his desire to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures, to entitle him to the respect and gratitude of mankind.

With the same enlightened zeal, he pointed out the pernicious consequences which would result from the introduction of foreign spirits into this country. He declared that the general use of them would corrupt and degrade any people, and that there was danger, if they could be easily and cheaply procured, of their becoming the habitual beverage of the inhabitants. He introduces the subject,