Abiel Holmes Life of Ezra Stiles, D.D. LL. D

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT was in compliance with the wifhes and advice of feveral judicious friends of Prefident stiles, that the compilation of theic memoirs was undertaken. An intimate acquaintance with the Prefident, obtained by a refidence of four years at the Univerfity, as his pupil by a fub fequent refidence there, as a tutor; by a cor refpondence with him for feveral years and by an alliance with his family; gave me fome ad vantages for the delineation of his charaeler, which many perfons, otherwife better qualified by fuperior age and talents, could not pofi'efs. T hefe advantages, however, would not, alone, have imboldened me to attempt fo arduous and, delicate a talk.