He pointed out to men their mistakes with frankness and unreserve, his remonstrances produced astonishment and conviction, but without uneasiness, in the party to whom they were addressed: they felt the instrument that was employed to correct their irregularities, but it never mangled what it was intended to heal.

Such were the moral qualities that distinguished him among his acquaintance.

The intellectual accomplishments he exhibited were, principally, a tranquil and mild enthusiasm, and a richness of conception which dictated spontaneously to his tongue, and flowed with so much ease, that it was only by retrospect you could be made aware of the amazing variety of ideas that had been presented.
Mr.Clare certainly found few men in this remote situation that were capable of participating in his ideas and amusements.

It has been among the weaknesses of great men to fly to solitude, and converse with woods and groves, rather than with a circle of strong and comprehensive minds like their own.

From the moment of Mr.Falkland's arrival in the neighbourhood, Mr.Clare distinguished him in the most flattering manner.