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and in regard to him, it is judgd by ſome friends of mine eſpecially of my native county, a debt due to the publick, as well as to his memory. that part of theſe papers which relates to his younger days, is not now to be recoverd. & tho' it muſt be accounted no otherwise than puerile: yet there is somewhat therein as much above the common level, as he himſelf was, in his more advanced years.
I have endevor'd to diſcharge ſomewhat of the debt, and it is all, that in my ſcituation, was in my power to do. & my ſcituation only cd enable me to do the moſt valuable part of what is here done.
for a profeſsed account of his works I refer the learned X Dr. Pemberton. What I have to ſay on his life is divided into 3 parts. I. What I knew of him perſonally, whilſt I resided in London, in the flouriſhing part of my life.
II. What I gatherd of his family & education at Grantham, after I went to live there.
X Mr. Maclaurin &
