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from a genius that was formed and nurtured in her own bosom. Your country has much to expect in waiting the return of a son blessed with so many useful endowments; and I well know that, amongst your many other virtues, the love of your country prevails too much in your breast to let her sustain a disappointment.
Opulence and generosity seldom go hand in hand. The gifts of fortune are rarely accompanied with a spirit to employ them in deeds of charity and disinterested benevolence.
It is yours, Sir, to soar above the sordid views of vulgar minds, and enjoy the sublime pleasures of a tender and sympathizing humanity, which always carries its own reward, in the satisfaction that flows from the exercise of so precious a gift of divine bounty.
There are no connections in life more honourable than those which we form with men of learning and virtue.
