Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the year 1795 / written by himself: with a continuation, to the time of his decease, by his son, Joseph Priestley: and observations on his writings, by Thomas Cooper ... and the Rev. William Christie.

  • Joseph Priestley
Date:
1806-1807
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Credit: Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley, to the year 1795 / written by himself: with a continuation, to the time of his decease, by his son, Joseph Priestley: and observations on his writings, by Thomas Cooper ... and the Rev. William Christie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    help attending (as some can) when others spoke inmy nen These are useful habits, which studious Persons in general might acquire, if they would ; and many persons greatly distress themselves, and others, by the idea that they can do nothing except in perfect solitude or silence. | ety _ Another great subject of my thankfulness to. a good providence is my perfect freedom from any embar- rassment in my circumstances, so that, without any anxiety on the subject, my supplies have always been equal to my wants ;, and now that my expences are increased to a degree that I had no conception of some years ago, Iam a richer man than I was, and without laying myself out for the purpose.. “What is more, this indifference about an increase of for- tune has been the mtans of attaining it. When I be- gan my experiments, I expended on them all the money I could possibly raise, carried on by myvar- dour in philosophical investigations, and entirely re- gardless of consequences, except so far as never to contract any debt; and if this had been without suc- cess, my imprudence would have been manifest. But having sueceeded, I was in time more than ine demnified for all that I had.expended. | My