The works of the Rev. William Thom, late minister ... - waughfamily.ca

2^6LETTERS, TRACTS, 's'l\one (who is indeed an honeft and grave enough fortof man) who did not difcern and eiteem the fpirit ofit, he was foon determined to. put it to the prefs. Hedifcerned in it a manly freedom of thought, and anoble fmcerity, which isonly to be found among thelearned, among perfons of good breeding, or thofe ofan uncommonly elevated turn of mind j a fmcerity,which, though it may be nibbled at by fmall wits andperfons of rigid principles who love to walk in trammels,is, however, the chara^teriftic of great and generousminds. In his judgment, a worfe man wouldIiave writ with that flingy caution and referve, which'is fo generally the fymptom of a duplicity of foul.But this author, from a guilelefs heait, unveils thetruth, and exprclles his fentiments without mincingcr difguife. To communicate truth is his fincereaim •, and he appears to have laid it down as a maxim,that from truth he will never fwerve for any confiderationwhatfoever ;fo that, though it were polTibleto take advantage of any particular unguarded expreffion,(if he hath fallen into fuch) it would be the utinoflbafenefs to attempt it : But if any fuch bafen