...greatest depth of thought, and a capacity in every respect the most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and...am, dear sir, Most affectionately yours, ADAM SMITH. CONTENTS OF. THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER I. THB. BRITONS — ROMANS — SAXONS — THE HEPTARCHY —...

...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...as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit" Let Dr. Smith consider; was not Mr. Hume blessed with good health, good spirits, good friends, a competent...

...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...as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit" Let Dr. Smith consider; was not Mr. Hume blessed with good health, good spirits, good friends, a competent...

...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...perhaps, the nature of human frailty will permit." When Adam Smith thus wrote, he knew that Hume had in his lifetime published an essay vindicating suicide,...

...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...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Had we leizure or space, we could gather facts from David Hume's life which would seriously question...

...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...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit," large allowance is doubtless to be made for the exaggerations of friendship and recent loss. Still,...

...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...perhaps the nature of ' human frailty will permit," large allowance is doubtless to be made for the exaggerations of friendship and recent loss. Still,...

...greatest depth of thought, and a capacity in every respect the most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and...am, dear sir, Most affectionately yours, ADAM SMITH. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER I. BRITONS — BOMANS-— SAXONS — .THE HEPTABCHY-~THB KINGDOM...

...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 and...perhaps, the nature of human frailty will permit.' Of this frailty he exhibited no inconsiderable portion in treating all systems of religion as founded...

...; 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...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.' His fatal deficiency has been already adverted to, — he had no sympathy with the largest, the profoundest...