WRITINGS OF DR. SMITH.

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fanftion of their fuffrages to truths which they re-garded as peculiarly interefling to the humanrace *.

The additions to the Theory of Moral Senti-ments, moft of which were compofed under feveredifeafe, had fortunately been lent to the press in

* Since writing the above , I have been favored by Dr. Hut-ton with the following particulars.

a Some time before his laft illnefs, when Mr. Smith hadoccafion to go to London , he enjoined his friends to whom hehad intrufted the difpofal of his manufcripts, that in the eventof his death, they should deftroy all the volumes of his le&ures,doing with the reft of his manufcripts what they pleafed. Whennow he had become weak, and faw the approaching period of hislife, he fpoke to his friends again upon the fame fubjeft. Theyentreated him to make his mind eafy , as he might depend upontheir fulfilling his defire. He was then satisfied. Butfome daysafterwards, finding his anxiety not entirely removed, he beggedone of them to deftroy the volumes immediately. This accor-dingly was done ; and his mind was fo much relieved, that hewas able to receive his friends in the evening with his ufualcomplacency.

“ They had been in life to fun with him every Sunday; andthat evening there was a pretty numerous meeting of them. Mr.Smith not finding himfelf able to fit up with them as ufual,retired to bed before flipper; and , as he went away, took leaveof his friends by faying , ‘ I believe we muft adjourn this meet-ing to feme other place. He died a very few days afterwards.”

Mr. Riddell , an intimate friend of Mr. Smith’s , who wasprefent at one of the converfations on the fubjeftof the manuf-cripts, mentioned to me, in addition to Dr. Hutton’S note,

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