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Excerpt from Life of Thomas M'crie, D.D Material extent, under the suspicion of undue partiality; and he has endeavoured, as far as possible, to escape this charge, by the plan which he has adopted, of allowing the subject of his Memoirs to speak, in a great measure, for himself, or of finding others to speak for him. Personal knowledge, says Southey, in his Life of Cowper, is, indeed, the greatest of al'l advantages for such an under taking, notwithstanding the degree of re straint which must generally be regarded as one of its conditions. But when his letters are accessible, the writer may in great part be made his own biographer, - more fully, and perhaps more faithfully, than if he had composed his own memoirs, even with the most sincere intentions. For in letters, feel ings, and views, and motives are related as they existed at the time whereas, in retro spect, much must of necessity be overlooked, and much be lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.