 cannot do wrong, or imagine themselves qualified to do it. But I'll not attempt his Character, as I can send it to you drawn in a much more masterly Manner, by somebody who knows him better than I ever desire to do. It was given me by Frankley, whom I happened to meet in the Evening

at the Coffee-house, and upon mentioning the Company I had breakfasted with, he took it out of his Pocket, and told me that it was found about three or four Mornings since, pasted upon the Door of Euclid's Chambers, by way of Epitaph, but that the Author was utterly unknown.
EPITAPH.
Here continueth to slumber,
Whilst his Mind absorpt in Science
Dreams wildly of imaginary Propositions,
The Body of DIAGRAM EUCLID:
A Man, who in Defiance of the Weaknesses,
Unavoidably incident to his Nature;
Preserved a Consistency of Conduct,
And supported an Uniformity of Character,
Which Malice never could Asperse,
And Slander was unable to Vilify.

As a Tutor and Governor of his College;
Towards his Inferiors, his Superiors, and his Equals;
Towards his Servants, his Pupils, and towards his Friends;
If indeed he ever possessed one!
He persevered in an unvaried Illiberality of Behaviour.
That he might avoid the very Suspicion of being Partial.
Politeness he considered as a Servility,
Disgraceful to the Dignity of Learning;
And as his Soul was incapable of the Comforts of Society,
His Actions honestly expressed his dislike to it;
By disgusting every Company he appeared in,
With the Superciliousness of Cynical Contempt.
That he might not be accidentally agreeable,
He observed from his first Entrance at the University,
An inflexible Moroseness of Countenance
Which characterized the Misanthrophy of his Heart:
Nor was he ever seen to relax the Scowl of Severity,
But when his Spleen and Ill-nature were gratified

In wounding the Feelings of the Ingenuous,
Or covering the Face of the Diffident with the Blush of Confusion.
To avoid being imposed upon by Appearances,
His Memory never forgot an Affront,
And his Heart was never weak enough to forgive one:
For he considered Forgiveness as a Credulity,
Which might expose him to the Repetition of Insult.
When he was appointed Lecturer of his College,
In his favourite Science of Mathematics;
He confused the Understanding of his Auditors,
By Expressions they were incapable of comprehending;
And by a vain Ostentation of his own Erudition
Obscured what it was his Business to have illustrated to others.
In his Opinions and Assertions he was dogmatical,
Proud, pedantic, and perplexing;
Nor did he ever scruple to reprobate,
With all the Arrogance
