Note 22: — Chapter VI
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In the same fashion he believed that his life was, 'one of the most romantic' he knew of;22 that Temple's 'soft admonitions would at any time calm ROMANCE the tempests of his soul,'23 and that he could 'retire into the calm regions of philosophy' and contemplate the 'heroism' which he was able to see in his conduct towards his father.24 Philosophy, indeed, had a great attraction for him. It was in the bower of philosophy that many of his best hours were filled with that noble admiration which his disinterested soul was able to enjoy for the character of Lord Chatham. In early years he was Temple's philosophic friend, and Paoli is told that 'with a mind naturally inclined to melancholy and a deep desire of inquiry, I have intensely applied myself to metaphysical researches.'