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10 IGNATIUS SANCHO
her death. By his economy, and a legacy left him by this lady, he was in possession of seventy pounds sterling, and thirty of an annuity. 
4. After the death of this kind friend, he, wandering about, often fell into bad company, and was reduced to suffering ; but he at length engaged at service in a respectable family, and his conduct becoming regular, he soon married an interesting female born in the West Indies. 
5. In 1773, he had frequent attacks of the gout: but, by the generosity of the before-mentioned lady in her annuity, and his own economy, he commenced an honest trade; and by the assistance of his wife's industry and frugality, he reared a numerous family. The public esteem was obtained by his domestic virtues. He died on the 15th of December, 1780. After his death, a fine edition of his letters was published; a few extracts from which will close this account. 
6. "According to the plan of the Deity, commerce," says he, "ought to render common to all the globe the productions of each country: it ought to unite nations by the sentiments of reciprocal wants, of fraternal amity, and thus facilitate a general diffusion of the benefits of the gospel. But those poor Africans whom Heaven has favored with a rich and luxuriant soil, are the most unhappy of the human race, by the horrible traffic in slaves; and this, too, is performed by Christians!"
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7. In speaking with the Dutchess of K---, tormented by conscience, the great chancellor of the soul, he says, "Act, then, always in such a manner as to gain the approbation of your heart -- to be truly brave, one must be truly good. We have reason as a rudder, religion for our anchor, truth for our polar star, conscience as a faithful monitor, and perfect happiness as a recompense."
8. In the same letter, endeavoring to drive away recollections which might expose his virtue to a new shipwreck, he exclaims, "Why bring to mind those combustible matters, while, rapidly glancing over my past years, I approach the end of my career? Have I not the gout, six children, and a wife? O Heaven1 where art thou?
9. "You see that it is much easier to speak than to act. But we know how to separate good from evil; let us arm ourselves against vice, and act like a general in his camp, who ascertains the force and position of the enemy, and places advance guards to avoid surprise: let us act so, even in the ordinary course of human life; and believe me, my friend, that a victory gained over passion, immorality, and pride, is more deserving of a te Deum than that which is obtained in the field of ambition and carnage."