evolence had assuaged the spirit of the church; he was
rational, because he was moderate: in the course of his studies he
had acquired a just though superficial knowledge of most branches of
literature; by long practice, he was skilled in the arts of teaching;
and he laboured with assiduous patience to know the character, gain the
affection, and open the mind of his English pupil. As soon as we
began to understand each other, he gently led me, from a blind and
undistinguishing love of reading, into the path of instruction. I
consented with pleasure that a portion of the morning hours should
be consecrated to a plan of modern history and geography, and to the
critical perusal of the French and Latin classics; and at each step I
felt myself invigorated by the habits of application and method. His
prudence repressed and dissembled some youthful sallies; and as soon as
I was confirmed in the habits of industry and temperance, he gave the
reins into my own hands. His favourable report of my behaviour and
progress gradually obtained some latitude of action and expence; and he
wished to alleviate the hardships of my lodging and entertainment. The
principles of philosophy were associated with the examples of taste; and
by a singular chance, the book, as well as the man, which contributed
the most effectually to my education, has a stronger claim on my
gratitude than on my admiration. Mr. De Crousaz, the adversary of Bayle
and Pope, is not distinguished by lively fancy or profound reflection;
and even in his own country, at the end of a few years, his name and
writings are almost obliterated. But his philosophy had been formed in
the school of Locke, his divinity in that of Limborch and Le Clerc; in
a long and laborious life, several generations of pupils were taught to
think, and even to write; his lessons rescued the academy of Lausanne
from Calvinistic prejudice; and he had the rare merit of diffusing a
more liberal spirit among the clergy and people of the Pays de Vaud. His
system of logic, which in the last editions has swelled to six tedious
and prolix volumes, may be praised as a clear and methodical abridgment
of the art of reasoning, from our simple ideas to the most complex
operations of the human understanding. This system I studied, and
meditated, and abstracted, till I have obtained the free command of an
universal instrument, which I soon presumed to exercise on my catholic
opinions. Pavilliard was not unmindful that