Some account of the life and character of the late Thomas Bateman, M.D. F.L.S. physician to the public dispensary and to the fever institution in London / [James Rumsey].

  • Rumsey, James, 1778-1856.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Some account of the life and character of the late Thomas Bateman, M.D. F.L.S. physician to the public dispensary and to the fever institution in London / [James Rumsey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the cultivation of the affections of the young, tliis clearing of the soil is an essential preliminary. For if that be pre-occupied with wrong dispo- sitions, above all, if it be deeply impregnated with that pride which the admirable Milnek calls the essence of the fall, and which is in fact the foul spring of every thing wrong within us, there can be little room for the expansion of better feelings, although they do for a moment now and then put forth a flattering show. But when this great, and no doubt difficult task, is faithfully and wisely performed, then, full play being so given to all innocent emotions and ten- der affections, it may, indeed, be seen with how large a bounty the heart is by nature framed. So richly will it be found endowed with every lovely quality, that this preparation alone may perhaps lead to an inestimable superiority of character; to a freedom from selfishness, and a proportionate interest in the enjoyments of others, which without it is not to be expected. Yet that preparation is neither all which is practicable; nor the principal part of the duty. As in every other moral requirement, we are not to stop at