The Life of Matthew Flinders

His being one of the most learned Authors that ever wrote was not our sole motive for compiling his Life for Grotius prudence on all occasions his modesty in prosperity his patience in adversity his steadiness in his duty his love of virtue his eagerness in the search of truth and the ardent desire which he constantly maintained for uniting Christians in one Faith distinguish him so advantageously from most other Scholars that his Life may be proposed as a model to all who make profession of literature.