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the same time, to hand down my name and my fame to future generations; for, as Shakespeare observes, "if a man do not erect, in this age, his own tomb ere he dies, he shall live no longer in monuments; therefore it is most expedient for the wise to be the trumpet of his own virtues, as I am to myself—so much for praising myself, who I myself will bear witness, am praiseworthy." And 3d. To illustrate the great truth lately enuciated at Edinburgh by a learned Professor, who, in speaking of talent, industry, and character, said, "talent is perhaps the most shining of the three, but, without industry and character talent cannot win its way through the world—the last two are the main elements that can carry man or woman through life." I do not claim to have talent to any very shining extent, but I can proudly say, that to industry and being a character I owe my mercantile success and prosperity. Like my great predecessor in business, (who is soon to have a monument erected to his memory,)
"Sax pounds I wadna for my pack ance taen,
And I could baldly brag 'twas a' my ain."
Although I have quoted these lines, and, like some of my contemporary literateurs have, in the
