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In mind, he was blessed with all those happy facilities, which were necessary to success in the great enterprizes which he undertook. His eloquence10 was strong, abundant, and clear; and a great talent for acquiring foreign tongues added to his powers of expression. The same quickness of comprehension rendered every other study light, though undertaken in the midst of a thousand varied occupations, and at an age to which great capabilities of acquisition are not in general extended.