reins to his
melancholy fancy, which, unchecked by any other remembrance, dwelt
only on the affection and the virtues of her, whose loss he had ever
to deplore; the want of whose society he imagined to be the chief
source of his misery. Towards the end of autumn, he returned to the
Institution, and in the winter, recommenced his duties as professor.
The effect produced upon his lecturing by these and other irritating
circumstances was remarkable. Debility of body, as well as uneasiness
of mind, incapacitated him for that ardent and energetic pursuit of
knowledge, by which he had been so eminently distinguished. His
spirited, and at the same time modest method of delivery was changed
into one languid and hesitating, that, during this period, occasioned
an erroneous judgment to be formed of his abilities as a man of
science, and a teacher, by such of his audience as were unacquainted
with the cause, or the intrinsic value and merit of the man. At the
close of the season, his determination of retiring from the
Institution was fixed; and he presented to the Managers his
resignation.

It was well known to Dr. Garnett's particular friends, that during
the early part of this session, he determined to withdraw himself
from the Institution; but the success and advancement of the
establishment, which he sanguinely hoped would stand unrivalled in
the universe, was so intimately connected with the affections of his
mind, that he resolved to forego every personal consideration, rather
than risk an inconvenience to the Institution, by ceasing to deliver
his lectures in the middle of a course; liberally considering, that
the Managers, after the business of the season was over, would have
time and opportunity before the ensuing session, to fill the
professor's chair with talents competent to the arduous undertaking;
a circumstance the Managers afterwards so eminently profited by, with
the highest credit to themselves, and advantage to the public, in the
nomination of the gentlemen who now fill the situation held by Dr.
Garnett, and who discharge its important duties with the most
distinguished abilities.

The transactions of the last winter almost completely served to
undermine the small strength of constitution he had left; he was
constantly harrassed by complaints in the organs of digestion; head
ache deprived him of the power of application; his countenance
assumed a sallow complexion; the eye which had beamed with animation,
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