Life And Correspondence Of David Hume Volume Ii Of 2

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII. 1771 -- 1776. MT. 60 -- 65. Hume's social character -- His conversation -- His disposition -- Traditional anecdotes regarding him-- Correspondence-- Letter about the Pretender-- Gilbert Stuart's quarrel with Dr. Henry -- Commercial State of Scotland -- Letter to his nephew on Republicanism -- Smith's " Wealth of Nations" -- Hume's illness--His Will -- Smith appointed Literary Executor--Strahan substituted--His journey to England with Home -- Prospects of Death-- Communications with his Friends and Relations -- His Death -- General view of his influence on Thought and Action. It is to the period from the year 1770 to his death, when he lived among his early friends in Edinburgh, that we ought to refer such traditional accounts of Hume's private life and social habits, as are not expressly connected with any known event iu his history. He was, it is true, a distinguished man when he left his native city, in 1763. He had then, indeed, performed all the services which entitled him to immortality. But his foreign celebrity, and his official honours, had since added many ostensible glories to his name, and introduced him to a wider sphere of public notice than the substantial fruits of his genius and industry would have of themselves secured. When we remember that this was the most celebrated period of his life, and was the only one of which persons who are still, or who have lately been alive, could have any recollection, we naturally refer to it those traditional notices and incidents which have no distinct place. The impression of Hume's character, acquired by one who has sought it in the tenor of his works, and the history of his literary career, is quite different from that which we derive from those who knew him, and were...