Excerpt from The Monthly Anthology, Vol. 9: And Boston Review; Containing Sketches and Reports of Philosophy, Religion, History, Arts and Manners Possessing literature as well as talents, and thirsting for more knowledge, he abandoned commerce, and retired to Dedham, his native town, where his widowed mother still liv ed. Towards this excellent parent he was remarkably affec tionate. Eminent for knowledge, justice and charity, he soon became the common friend, and almost the father of his na tive village. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.