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Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron
James Kennedy to an unknown correspondent, 3 September [1827]
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Preface
Prelude
First Conversation
Kennedy on Scripture
Second Conversation
Third Conversation
Fourth Conversation
Fifth Conversation
Memoir of Byron
Byron’s Character
Appendix
Notes
Memorandum
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“3rd Sept.

“T. is no more: may his soul have been saved by the blood of Christ!” Speaking of some individuals who had suffered bereavements, he adds,—“May their afflictions be sanctified! We cannot sufficiently praise the tenderness and goodness of God in our case. . . . . To-day a letter arrived from Sir James M’Grigor, directed to Mr. Tully, to send me home by the first opportunity. W. had only time to congratulate me, and to say, that under the heavy sickness, and scarcity of medical officers, I could not go at present. Of course I
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shall be sent home with the first transport. This is a time when a physician must exert himself. I will not flinch from duty. . . . I could not leave in the midst of such sickness, when medical men are so few, and their services so much required. . . I trust you will be more cheerful and full of hope.”