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his philosophy rather strengthened than hardened his Soul, it enabled him to resist the pressure of affliction rather than to overcome it. -- Calamity had taught him to feel with peculiar sympathy the distresses of others, but when he could not releive the necessities of the indigent his tender pity consoled their sorrows; he often said "that ignorance of true pleasure more frequently than temptation so that [[underline]] which is false leads to vice." -- [[/underline]] There is devotion in making others happy, and gratitude ought to make us devout.
