Qtiee  fftaxbna  semper  censetur  nobis,  et  erit  quce  maxima
semper.  His  confidence  in  Mr.  Fox  was  such,  and  so
ample,  as  to  be  almost  implicit.  That  he  was  not  asham-
ed to  avow  that  degree  of  docility,  that  when  the  choice
is  well  made,  it  strengthens  instead  of  oppresing  our  in-
tellects. That  he  who  calls  in  the  aid  of  an  equal  under-
standing, doubles  his  own.  He  who  profits  of  a  superior
understanding,  raises  his  powers  to  a  level  with  the  height
of  the  superior  understanding  he  unites  with.  He  had
found  the  benefit  of  such  a  junction,  and  would  not  lightly
depart  from  it.  He  wished,  almost  on  all  occasions,  that
his  sentiments  were  understood  to  be  conveyed  in  Mr.
Fox's  words ;  and  that  he  wished,  as  amongst  the  greatest
benefits  he  could  wish  the  country,  an  eminent  share  of
power  to  that  right  honorable  gentleman ;  because  he  knew
that  to  his  great  and  masterly  understanding  he  had  join-
ed the  greatest  possible  degree  of  that  natural  moderation,
which  is  the  best  corrective  of  power ;  that  he  was  of  the
most  artless,  candid,  open,  and  benevolent  disposition ;
disinterested  in  the  extreme  5  of  a  temper  mild  and  placa-
ble even  to  a  fault ;  without  one  drop  of  gall  in  his  whole
constitution.
