HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE BEQUEST OF EVERT JANSEN WENDELL 1918 Edinburgh: Printed by W. and R. Chambers. A E is the most indefatigable man in Europe, and the man of the largest acquaintance:' thus said the Abbé Gregoire of the late Sir John Sinclair. He was truly, in many respects, a very extraordinary person; but the basis of all his distinction lay in his benevolent and disinterested desire to be useful in his day and generation. private gentleman, born in a remote part of the United Kingdom, he became, purely through his zeal for the good of the community, one of the most conspicuous and one of the most honoured men of his age. Besides receiving diplomas from twenty-five learned and scientific societies on the continent, he had a vote of thanks for his national services decreed separately No. 13. 1 |