...printer, not a confidential letter to his friend, but a letter which is published* with all formality " Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since bis death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the...

...printer, not a confidential letter to his friend, but a letter which is published* with all formality : " Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both...perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit" Let Dr. Smith consider; was not Mr. Hume blessed with good health, good...

...testimony of Adam Smith, the author of the " Theory of Moral Sentiments," who also considered Hume " as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as, perhaps, the nature of human frailty will permit." When Adam Smith thus wrote, he knew that Hume had in his lifetime published...

...with him at the last, has said that he " always considered him, both in his lifetime and since hia death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Had we leizure or space, we could gather facts from David Hume's life...

...of his resolutions. His constant pleasantry was the genuine effusion of good nature and good humor, tempered with delicacy and modesty, and without even...perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. I ever am, dear Sir, Most affectionately yours, THE LATTER WILL AND TESTAMENT...

...Smith says, in a letter written the day after his death, " Upon the whole, I have always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit," large allowance is doubtless to be made for the exaggerations of friendship...

...Smith says, in a letter written the day after his death, " Upon the whole, I have always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of ' human frailty will permit," large allowance is doubtless to be made for the exaggerations of friendship...

...his great and amiable qualities which contributed more to endear his conversation. And that gayety of temper, so agreeable in society, but which is so...perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. I ever am, dear sir, Most affectionately yours, ADAM SMITH. CONTENTS...

...eulogy : ¿ Upon the whole,' says the doctor, in his concluding remarks upon the death of Hume, ¿ I have always considered him, both in his lifetime...perfectly wise and virtuous man, as, perhaps, the nature of human frailty will permit.' Of this frailty he exhibited no inconsiderable portion in treating all...

...; he was candid and kindly. Still, it is impossible to concur with Adam Smith, ' that he approached as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.' His fatal deficiency has been already adverted to, — he had no sympathy...