...with him at the last, has said that he " always considered him, both in his lifetime and since hia death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." Had we leizure or space, we could gather facts from David Hume's life which would seriously question...

...Smith says, in a letter written the day after his death, " Upon the whole, I have always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of ' human frailty will permit," large allowance is doubtless to be made for the exaggerations of friendship and recent loss. Still,...

...Smith says, in a letter written the day after his death, " Upon the whole, I have always considered him as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit," large allowance is doubtless to be made for the exaggerations of friendship and recent loss. Still,...

...respect the most comprehensive. Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the...as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit. I ever am, dear sir, Most affectionately yours, ADAM SMITH. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER I....

...his concluding remarks upon the death of Hume, ¿ I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the...perhaps, the nature of human frailty will permit.' Of this frailty he exhibited no inconsiderable portion in treating all systems of religion as founded...

...; he was candid and kindly. Still, it is impossible to concur with Adam Smith, ' that he approached as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.' His fatal deficiency has been already adverted to, — he had no sympathy with the largest, the profoundest...

...concluding remarks upon the death of Hume, ' I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since ha death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and rirtaous man, as, perhaps, the nature of human frailty will permit.' Of thii frailty he exhibited no...

...could publicly write of him, " Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both during his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the...perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit." § II. HUME'S SKEPTICISM. The marvellous acnteness and subtlety of Hume have never been denied ; and...

...historian, of whom Dr Adam Smith has said, that he " always considered him, both in his life36 TUB AMIABLE. time, and since his death, as approaching as nearly...virtuous man, as perhaps the nature of human frailty would permit."* In such a case, the question instinctively arises, What is the standard of virtue ?...

...chosen people.' " '' Upon the whole, I have always considered him [David Hume], both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuons man, as perhaps the nature of human fraility will permit." — Dr. Adc 'Smith. " One old error...