WRITINGS OF DR. SMITH. LVII
I could not hope, that he could offer you any termswhich would tempt you to renounce your Pro-fefforfliip: But I miffed him. Mr. Townsend paf-fes for being a little uncertain in his refolutions; foperhaps you need not build much on this fally.
“ In recompence for fo many mortifying things,which nothing but truth could have extorted fromme, and which I could eafily have multiplied toa greater number, I doubt not but you are fo gooda Chriftian as to return good for evil; and to flat-ter my vanity by telling me, that all the godly inScotland abufe me for my account of John Knox and the Reformation. I fuppofe you are glad tofee my paper end, and that I am obliged to con-clude with Your humble Servant ,
SECTION III.
From the Publication of The Theory of MoralSentiments, till that of The Wealth ofNations.
-A F T E R the publication of the Theory ofMoral Sentiments, Mr. Smith remained four yearsat Glafgow, difcharging his official duties withunabated vigor, and with increafmg reputation.During that time, the plan of his leflurc-s under-went a confiderable change. His ethical doctrines,