in the College thereof, with all the emoluments,
privileges, and advantages which belong to it. I reserve,
however, my right to the salary for the current half year,
which commenced at the 10th of October for one part of my
salary and at Martinmas last for another; and I desire that
this salary may be paid to the gentleman who does that part
of my duty which I was obliged to leave undone, in the
manner agreed on between my very worthy colleagues and me
before we parted. I never was more anxious for the good of
the College than at this moment; and I sincerely wish that
whoever is my successor may not only do credit to the office
by his abilities, but be a comfort to the very excellent men
with whom he is likely to spend his life, by the probity of
his heart and the goodness of his temper.--I have the honour
to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedient and most
faithful servant,

ADAM SMITH.

PARIS, _14th February 1764_.[139]

The Senate accepted his resignation on the 1st of March, and expressed
their regret at his loss in the following terms: "The University
cannot help at the same time expressing their sincere regret at the
removal of Dr. Smith, whose distinguished probity and amiable
qualities procured him the esteem and affection of his colleagues;
whose uncommon genius, great abilities, and extensive learning did so
much honour to this society; his elegant and ingenious _Theory of
Moral Sentiments_ having recommended him to the esteem of men of taste
and literature throughout Europe. His happy talents in illustrating
abstracted subjects, and faithful assiduity in communicating useful
knowledge, distinguished him as a professor, and at once afforded the
greatest pleasure and the most important instruction to the youth
under his care."

FOOTNOTES:

[126] Nichol's _Literary Illustrations_, iii. 515.

[127] _Hume Correspondence_, R.S.E. Library.

[128] _Ibid._ Printed by Burton.

[129] Burton's _Life of Hume_, ii. 157.

[130] _Ibid._, ii. 163.

[131] Carlyle's _Autobiography_, p. 431.

[132] See above, p. 58.

[133] Burton's _Life of Hume_, ii. 168.

[134] Original in possession of Professor Cunningham, Belfast.

[135] _Caldwell Papers_, i. 192.

[136] Wealth of Nations, Book V. chap. i. art. ii.

[137] Fraser's _Scotts of Buccleuch_, ii. 403.

[138] Tytler's _Kames_, i. 278.

[139] Glasgow University Recor