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Above all, he was an affectionate son; lived like a friend with his children; and, in spite of his tendency to pleasure, supplied the place of an anxious and careful father to his brothers and sisters, who idolized him. "Ornabat pietas et grata modestia vatem," wrote his brother Gabriel,
'Sunt et mihi carmina; me quoque dicunt Vatem pastores: sed non ego credulus illis. The difference between Johnson and Smith is apparent even in this slight instance. Smith was a man of extraordinary application, and had his mind crowded with all manner of subjects; but the force, acuteness, and vivacity of Johnson were not to be found there.
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