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social history could have produced it. Adhering firmly to the old faith, while so many, more from policy than principle, forsook it, he exposed himself to the censure of bigots, who found in the natural levity of his temper a sufficient pretext for their accusations. In spite of these, however, we cannot but entertain some degree of respect for one whose memory is associated with so much that appeals to the joyous part of our common nature.