I felt that it would be terrible to be poor there, but far more so to be the possessor of that for which so many thousands are perishing.

And the middle class, too, cannot here enjoy that serenity which the sages have described as naturally their peculiar blessing.

Too close, too dark throng the evils they cannot obviate, the sorrows they cannot relieve.

To a man of good heart, each day must bring purgatory which he knows not how to bear, yet to which he fears to become insensible.
From these clouds of the Present, it is pleasant to turn the thoughts to some objects which have cast a light upon the Past, and which, by the virtue of their very nature, prescribe hope for the Future.

I have mentioned with satisfaction seeing some persons who illustrated the past dynasty in the progress of thought here: Wordsworth, Dr.
Chalmers, De Quincey, Andrew Combe.