[Recollections of a Long Life by Theodore Ledyard Cuyler]@TWC D-Link bookRecollections of a Long Life CHAPTER IX 13/25
If I can get a copy, I will send it you.
There are some letters of Bengel's which, if you do not know, you will enjoy. I send you a note of introduction to John Ruskin, and I hope to hear you to-morrow in Mr.Candlish's church. With much regret and best thanks, yours very truly, JOHN BROWN P.S.I was in Glen-Garry the other week, and quite felt that look of nakedness, and as if it just came from the Maker's hand; it was very impressive During the closing years of the Doctor's life he was often shadowed by fits of deep melancholy.
One day he was walking with a lady, who was also subject to depression of spirits, and he said to her: "Tell me why I am like a Jew ?" She could not answer and he replied: "Because I am _sad-you-see_" Tears and mirth dwelt very closely together in his keen, fervid, sensitive spirit.
It is remarkable that one who devoted himself so assiduously to his exacting profession should have been able to master such an immense amount of miscellaneous reading, and to have won such a splendid name in literature.
It is the attribute of true genius that it can do great things easily, and can accomplish its feats in an incredibly short time.
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