He believed in the virtue of that day, as Cromwell believed in his 3d of September.

For the rest, we have described him as he was in that part of his career in which he is now presented.

Whether altered by fate and circumstances, time will show.

As yet, no selfish ambition leagued with the natural desire of youth and intellect for their fair share of fame and power.

His patriotism, fed by the example of Greek and Roman worthies, was genuine, pure, and ardent; he could have stood in the pass with Leonidas, or leaped into the gulf with Curtius..