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      nttaii ^ s redemption s &poke of Jesus as the ( & € & % ff )§ < of the new covenant 5 on toy ' expressing * -a 'doubt as to the quantity of the middle syllable , he S&id no more ; but on !> is going to Eton ( that noble mart of metre ) lie sent « ne word that it ought to he

      proisoanced ^ BcrlTrtf , from its airahag-y to 0 $ ifr , S ) 'for which he had fouttd fcrtthorfty . " IJr . Watson acknowledges ( p . '?)» tht care of his mother iti ittrbuing his mind with principles of religion , which never forsook

      him-The portion which his latnfer left him was only £ SOd , which was barely sufficient to carry hitti through his educationo fife commenced liis academic studies , he says , ( ib . ) with the more eagerrfess , from knowing that his futufe fortune was to be wholly of hfe own febricatingo

      The biographer attaches so rune importance to the following incident : — ** I had not been six months in college ^ , "before a circumstance happened to me ^ trivial in itself , and not fit to be noticed , except that it had some influence on my future life , inasmuch as it gave me a turn

      t <» metaphysicaJ disquisition , it was then the citstotia in Trinity College ( I am sorry it is not the custom still ) for all the undergraduates to attend immediately after sfiorning-prayers , the college-lecturers , at different tables in the hall , during ; term time .

      The lecturers explained to their respective classes , certain books , such as Puffendorf de O fficio ' Hominis et Civ is ; Clarke on the Attiilmtes ; Locke ' s Essay ; buncan ^ s logic , &c . : and olice a week , the headtecturer lexatnined all the students . The

      question ptit to me by the head-lecturer wosj Whether Clarke had demonstrated the absurdity of an Infinite Succession of cfiangeable and finite beings ? I answered , with blushing hesitation , Non . The headlecturer . Brocket ^ \ pith great g * obd-ftature mingled with no small surprise , encouraged me to give my reasons for thinking so . 1 stammered out in barbarous Latin

      ( Tor the examirratuna was in that language ) ^ That Claike had inquired into the om ^ ' rcoi a series ^ hicli , being frotti the supposition eteWitoly <* otil& have no origin ; and into thejirst term of a series which , being'from the suppofcitioH infinite , could have no fipst . JFrom this cfrcumstance , I was soon

      cried up , v © ry undeservedly , as a Jg ^ reat metaphysician . Whcen , four years after-^ Fds , I t&ok m $ baohclor ' s degree , Dro i-av ^ j the master of Peterhcmse , and okwe tff tha belit metaphysicians of his tiifre , sent for me , « itd desired thnt fane might becftmte acquainted , From my friendship with ttmt excellent ntm& 1 dcrir ^ d m uch fcno ^ k ^^ e

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      and libet ^ lity - « &nt \ rx&m "teolttg ^ i and 1 8 li 6 i ] ' ^ er' « dntinire tb * &fl& ^ y ^ ity intimacy tvith him a fortunate e ^ iii : in Iriy life . " Fp , 7 , 8 . Metaphysics mast have heen at -a low ebb at Cambridge , whfcft 4 fce Jocfky answer of &n acute boy caused ! hifn to pet «< cried sap as a 'itiet- ^ pfeysieiaiio "

      la May , WSJ * Mr . WatSdii offe ^ e 6 himself for a scfatflai'sifip * b ^ lbfe ftm trswal time , and Siucceed ^ d 5 a step Which he recfcoiis to iiave been advantageous , as it introduced him to the notice of Dr : Smith , th « Master of the College , who gave a spur to hts industry and wings to his ambition .

      He gives the following lively ^> lelure of his studies # t thfci period c- *^ " I had , iat the timfe 6 f Being fele ^ d a sch <> fer , heen resident in coflege fbr two years and ^ eveii months , yithottt ti a ^ hi ^ gone oat of h a single flay . JDtfrlri ^ t ^ at period I had acqtiired sfoiae knowledge rff Mehrew 3 greatly itttjlrov ^ d myself in

      Greek snfd Latin 5 made considerable J » rbiScienc ^ in Lock e ' s Wo ^ ks , fcng « s Hobfe on the Origin of Evil , Fdfibndorf r fe Tfeafise && € [ ffiezo Hoffiiriis et CMs anil " sdine other books oh similar objects ; I fought myself , fherefoTe entitled to alitite relaxa-. tion ; Kinder this persuasion 1 TS& ' forWardy May 30 tb , 1 ^ 5 t , to pay hiy elder ^ tiB iTaly brdffrer a visit atKendal .

      " He was the first cwtate bf iher ' SPfew chapel there , to the sti ' imttire of % tii ' ch he had subscribed Viber&Uy . tie ifoas a inaii of lively parts , hut being" thrbWh itito a sTtiiatfoh \ vhere there was rfo gfe ^ t Vooni Foi * tine display of his tatlents , ioihS toWh

      tetnptatibri to convivial festirity he sj > ent Ms forttifie ^ injtrred his cbtistfttrtion , and died when I was about iTie age Wf tniftythree ; leaving * a considerable dfebt , atfl of Which I paid ittiiiiedrately , though it took almost my all to do it .

      ¦ " My mind Aid ndt inuch relish the country , at least it did n < n relish the fife'I led in ttr&t eowntry fowh ; the constant reflection that I was idlirfg * awajr in $ time , mixed itself with every aihnsetiaent , ana poisoned all the pietisYir ^ s I ha <) promisett m ' vseiffrom this visit ; I therefore took an

      fiasty resolutioh of Sh 6 rt ' etiing > it 5 and returned to College in t'he'begiunirig of September , with a de ^ eraVined pu rpose to make any A If At Mater , the tndtitiev of * my fortunes . iThat ) I wellrettteftiber , ^ ir as the ^ jc p i ^ ssib n I used to ' myself .. as soon as I saw the

      turrets of fting ' s Cdlleg ^ Chapel , ^ a 1 Was jogging 6 n a jatteft nag between Huntingdon and Cambridge . ^ I toas thfein only a jkriioi- sop / i , ; yet two of icy acquaintance , of ike ^ ar below n ^ 9 thorn ^ t Htm I ktte # ^ o MtiU mote ot

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      Meviewz- * --L&fe of the ¦ &t $ h&p-qf ~ X ^ iktjpo ' &-

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 51, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/51/