George Augustus Addison

“ Much of the above quotation is, indeed, equally applicable to the lamented George Addison.
His short career was adorned by every virtue of domestic life. His unaffected manliness of character, integrity of spirit, and benevolent disposition, won the esteem and affection of all who came into communion with him.
Thus much may be permitted to one who sincerely regarded the subject of this brief memoir, and who would fain snatch from oblivion a few memorials of his worth and talents, by this feeble tribute to his name. ”

“ Youth, at the very best, is but the betray of human life in the gentler and smoother manner than age: 'tis like the stream that nourishes a plant upon a bank, and causes it to flourish and blossom to the sight, but at the same time is undermining it at the root in secret. ”

“ He held the situation of Judge of Nattore, at the period of his son's birth, and subsequently, other situations high in the Service: and, at the time of his death, was President of Bauleah.
Mr Addison senior, as the nearest collateral descendant, was heir-at-law to the celebrated moralist, -- that great man having a daughter only in the direct line, who died unmarried.
Although no hereditary claim to the intellectual powers of the poet can be maintained, it is impossible to deny the existence of an affinity in ability and talent that would have not have disgraced a nearer tie. ”