I will not say whether he was indebted to sublimer views for this disposition.

Human life, in his opinion, was made up of changeable elements, and the principles of duty were not easily unfolded.

The future, either as anterior, or subsequent to death, was a scene that required some preparation and provision to be made for it.

These positions we could not deny, but what distinguished him was a propensity to ruminate on these truths.

The images that visited us were blithsome and gay, but those with which he was most familiar were of an opposite hue.