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    sation that it was not uncommon to style him the Socrates of Germany : and , without doubt , he is a memorable example of the force of talent and perseverance in removing some of the greatest obstacles to the improvement of of the mind .

    15 is friendships were not confined to his literary associates ^ nor His good offices , to the com . munity of the Jews . There were some among the clergy who sought

    his advice , who admired his abi . lities and character , and who behaved to him with a confidence , affection and hospitality , no less gratifying to his own feelings than honourable to their ' s .

    The life of Mendelssohn exhibits a pattern which young persons of a taste and ardour like his , add in similar circumstances ,

    will do well to copy . They may hejic ^ Je . arn never to distrust the governing Providence of God , never to remit the efforts of which

    they are capable , never to despise thift dictates of an honourable pru « dence . Jt is principally with the view of hiculcating such lessons as irttese that the present memoir of . this extraordinary man has been

    prepared * Anptherend may perhaps be answered by the perusal of it—the reader may now have a stinger conviction that moral and intellectual excellence are not confined to particular

    denominations ^ r te # lrm frietu—In the age and nation ifi which he lived Mendelsohn w ^ s H ot the ^ nl y liteftfjyl'Jtiuir . Let the benefits of unrestrifcted toleration and liberal

    in ; tfcr £ a ^ j& ^ 0 ^ t ^ iid ed jfo pepple ° f ^ wim&i ^ i ** rej i ^ ipti , find the xriinri&iand the character icrfo ^ Z wi ^ peittmmtWyetil iii the highest ^^ ^^ 1 fe «^ W % p « t ^ |

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    We bav& ktHhiferountiry opulent Jews , some of whom are occasionally spoke || of as pbttofiiziHg , and some few as cultivating knowledge and the arts . But it is rarely , indeed , that any of these or of their humbler brethren in England have

    appeared with reputation as \ vnters on subjects of general learning andt science * There is not one of them who makes approaches to JVT ^ tfdelssohn . In these circumstances , it is natural to inquiri ^ What cause can ^ be assigjiifed of this difference between the Jewish .

    inhabitants of Great Britain atfd those of Germany ? The practical solution of the problem , can t > & given by the legislature 6 f ifie United Kingdom .

    [ The preceding Sketch , &c . has ftibeft drawn up in part from the M&hthty * & % & gazzne , ( Val . vi . 38-r ^ 44 . ) but > ch « efly from a small work published , at Hamburgh in 1797 , and entitled Lclenund Mdnungen Moses Mendelssohn , 7 iep $ t depi

    geiste seiner Schtifl&l Mft &pef ( i fypxtfi Abrisse dargestellet . This , I j ^ tt ^ r J > J £ 9 $ of Biography , is : ito ( agreeable , iptelfi |^| performance , wi ^ itteq apparently < A Jjv a ' partial and intimate fr ^ eJQ ^ 9 f > ¦ l * e PP . ^ ssohrTs : its most ; gtaV ^ qg ^ e ^ ct \ jf "" jEflje neglect of method and ar ^ ngcjp |? m . J

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    4 . > ¦ . . « I . . k , — Historical Account of thtWettringtoi } 1 4 c ( tc !; £ ptg ,

    ( Continued 6 om pu , 172 . ) On Dr , Aikin ' s ^ CCep t ^ iice of the appointment unaniiPfioiisty proposed to him , of successor to &r , Taylor , in the theol ^ ical c& # fr , Mr . ( afterwards pt . JJpipfy , Prie ^ - ley ( then minister at N ^ jmotwAcfe ,

    in Cheshire ) was with equal unanimity invited t 6 * becdttre tftfettffbr i n languages iirxd tool i ip * 1 i ij ^ ttiftk * OJjUis distipgujsh ^ d person { pQrv terno et proprio amiciti }®> 4 sd many acteoinftr ftttVe been ^ ptitefi ^ hed , ttWd

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    22 ^ Historical Account qfthe Wa rrington Acaedmy .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 226, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/6/