Memoir of the Chisholm

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ashamed of observing such duties. The sim-
plicity and gentleness of his nature, his daring
courage, his quick sense of honour, sustained
and strengthened by his sense of duty, his
abstinence from idle and profane language,
and from ungentlemanlike and immoral con-
duct — these were also his characteristics,
which Mr. Coleridge affectionately remem-
bers, and to the reality of which he bears
sincere and ready testimony.
To say that the Ohisholm felt deeply the
obligation which he owed to the kind and
watchful care of Mr. Coleridge, — that he
sincerely and gratefully acknowledged this,
and rejoiced to avail himself of every oppor-
tunity, presented to him in after days, of re-
newing and strengthening the bonds of friend-
ship then formed, — is but to add another link
to that chain of testimony which freely and
gratefully is borne by so many of the fore-
most of Britain's sons, in honour of that ex-
cellent preceptor.