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The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
-or companions of his early days . The advice which his experience ; or the assistance which his purse could afford , - he was ready to communicate ; and at his table in London every gentleman found ari easy introduction , and every old acquaintance a cordial welcome . This was not merely a virtue of hospitality , or a duty of benevolence with him ; he felt it warmly as a sentiment ' : and a paper in "THE Minnon" of which Mr . Strahan was the author ( the Letter from
, London in No . 94 . ) , was , we are persuaded , a genuine picture of his feelings on the recollection of those scenes in which his youth had been spent , and of those companions with which it had been associated . Such of his friends as still survive him will read the above short account of his life with interest and with pleasureFor others it not
. may be altogether devoid of entertainment or of use . Living in times not the purest in the English annals , he escaped unsullied through the artifices of trade , and the corruption of politics . In him a strong natural sagacity , improved by an extensive knowledge of the world , served only to render respectable his unaffected simplicity of
manners , and to make his Christian philanthropy more discerning and useful . The uninterrupted health and happiness which accompanied ¦ him for half a century in the capital , proves honesty to be the best policy , temperance the greatest luxury , and the essential duties of life its most agreeable amusement . If among the middling and busy ranks of mankind these memoirs can afford an encouragement to the industry of those who are beginning to climb into lifeor furnish
, a lessop of moderation to those who have attained its hei ght ; if to the first it may recommend honest industry and sober diligence ; if to the latter it may suggest the ties of ancient fellowshi p and early connection , which the pride of wealth or of station loses as much dignity as it foregoes satisfaction by refusing to acknowledge ; if it shall cheer one hour of despondency or discontent to the if it shall
. young ; save one frown of disdain or of refusal to the unfortunate ; the higher and move refined class of our readers will forgive the familiarity of the example , and consider , that it is not from the biography of heroes or of statesmen that instances can be drawn to prompt the conduct of the bulk of mankind , or to excite the useful though less splendid virtues of private and domestic life * .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, Or General And Complete Library.
-or companions of his early days . The advice which his experience ; or the assistance which his purse could afford , - he was ready to communicate ; and at his table in London every gentleman found ari easy introduction , and every old acquaintance a cordial welcome . This was not merely a virtue of hospitality , or a duty of benevolence with him ; he felt it warmly as a sentiment ' : and a paper in "THE Minnon" of which Mr . Strahan was the author ( the Letter from
, London in No . 94 . ) , was , we are persuaded , a genuine picture of his feelings on the recollection of those scenes in which his youth had been spent , and of those companions with which it had been associated . Such of his friends as still survive him will read the above short account of his life with interest and with pleasureFor others it not
. may be altogether devoid of entertainment or of use . Living in times not the purest in the English annals , he escaped unsullied through the artifices of trade , and the corruption of politics . In him a strong natural sagacity , improved by an extensive knowledge of the world , served only to render respectable his unaffected simplicity of
manners , and to make his Christian philanthropy more discerning and useful . The uninterrupted health and happiness which accompanied ¦ him for half a century in the capital , proves honesty to be the best policy , temperance the greatest luxury , and the essential duties of life its most agreeable amusement . If among the middling and busy ranks of mankind these memoirs can afford an encouragement to the industry of those who are beginning to climb into lifeor furnish
, a lessop of moderation to those who have attained its hei ght ; if to the first it may recommend honest industry and sober diligence ; if to the latter it may suggest the ties of ancient fellowshi p and early connection , which the pride of wealth or of station loses as much dignity as it foregoes satisfaction by refusing to acknowledge ; if it shall cheer one hour of despondency or discontent to the if it shall
. young ; save one frown of disdain or of refusal to the unfortunate ; the higher and move refined class of our readers will forgive the familiarity of the example , and consider , that it is not from the biography of heroes or of statesmen that instances can be drawn to prompt the conduct of the bulk of mankind , or to excite the useful though less splendid virtues of private and domestic life * .