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when imbittered by disappointment, or roused by Injury, the spirit, energy, and character, of every word that came from his lips were irre­ sistibly interesting. He has drawn himself, in his Canute Gyldenstierne.* There was nothing possible which he would not have done to serve his friend, nor would he he­ sitate to sacrifice one, if he slandered an absent companion. He admitted, and yielded, to the frailties of humanity. But he told his friends the harshest truths when he con­ ceived he could benefit them, or others, by the painful lesson. I never did, nor do I suppose I ever shall, know his equal in vera­ city, and honesty ; he was nicely scrupulous j firm in the important concerns of life, atten­ tive in trifles. There was a correctness, deli­ cacy, and sweetness in his friendship, pecu­ liarly his own. He devoted himself to it. The principal efforts of his genius were of­ ferings at that sacred shrine. “ When I call to mind how entirely he lived for his friends; when I remember that I was * One of the characters in Dyveke.