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Doc. 4.] 29
EULOGIUM ON SWEDENBORG .
at the present time, has in this respect more cause for rejoic
ing than we ?
Our SWEDENBORG (and this I mention not as one of his
merits) remained during the whole of his life unmarried. But
this was not owing to any indifference to the sex; for he
esteemed the company of a fine and intelligent woman as one
of the purest sources of delight; but his profound studies required
that in his house there should be perfect stillness both day and
night. He, therefore, preferred being alone.
He enjoyed a most excellent state of bodily health, having
scarcely ever been indisposed; and, as he was always content
within himself and with his circumstances, he spent a life which
was, in every respect, happy, nay, which was happy in the
very highest degree. At last nature demanded her rights.
During his last sojourn abroad, while residing in London,
he had on December 24, of last year, an attack of apoplexy,
and on the 29th of last March departed this life, in his eighty
fifth year, rich in the honourable monuments which he left
behind him, satisfied with his life upon earth, and joyful at the
prospect of his final change.
May the Royal Academy continue of retain many of its
eminent and useful members to so advanced an age !
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