A view of the character and public services of the late John Howard ... / [John Aikin].

  • Aikin, John, 1747-1822.
Date:
1792
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A view of the character and public services of the late John Howard ... / [John Aikin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cs36,0 9 cution, muft ever ftand at. the head. of thofe qualities which elevate the human character; and mankind cannot have a concern fo important, as the diffu- fion of fuch a fpirit, by means of the moft perfect and impreffive examples, in which it has actually been difplayed. - Among thofe truly iluftrious per- fons who, in the feveral ages and nations of the world, have marked their track through life by a continued courfe of doing good, few have been fo diftinguifh: ed, either by the extent of the good produced, or the purity of motive and energy of character exhibited in the procefs of doing it, as the late Mr. Howarp. ‘Fo have adopted the caufe of the prifoner, the fick, and. the deftitute, not only in his own country;