¬suffering people of Capetia, which I shall die in the opinion of having been at the period before related the interest and the duty of the whole civilized world. ¬" I take no delight in these observations. — Posthumous reputation is often held too lightly. — We consider that the dead can gain nothing by our applauses, nor surfer from our censures : but supposing a man whilst living to have stood alone like a rock in the ocean, without children or kindred to represent him, I should still remember that this life was but a portion of an immortal existence, and fame being the highest inheritance, I should feel like a felon if I robbed him of what I believed to be his own. — I knew, then, this great minister in his youth, and foresaw his future destination. — His under- standing was vigorous and comprehensive — his reasoning clear and energetic — his eloquence powerful and commanding — and as he was sup- ported throughout his eventful career by im- mense numbers of disinterested and independent ¬men, ¬