...have been a most unpractical man. His friend and biographer, Dugald Stewart, says, " He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world or for the business of active life." His acts of private charity far exceeded what might have been supposed to be the extent of his means....

...73, Edinb. 1S11, 4to. ") „He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or fur the business of active life. The comprehensive speculations...and the variety of materials which his own invention constantly supplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects and to...

...heart ; yet it would require a very fkilful pencil to prefent them to the public eye. He was certainly not fitted for the general commerce of the world, or for the bufmefs of a£tive life. The comprehenfive fpeculations with which he had been occupied from his youth,...

...general commerce of the ivorld, or for the bufinels of active life. The comprehenfive fpeculations with which he had been occupied from his youth, and the variety of materials which his own fnvention continually fupplied to his thoughts, rendered him habitually inattentive to familiar objects,...