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 \nII.ASTRONOMICAL INQUIRIES;III.FORMATION OF LANGUAGES;IV.HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHYSICS;V.ANCIENT LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS;VI.THE IMITATIVE ARTS;VII.MUSIC,DANCING,POETRY;VIII.THE EXTERNAL SENSES;IX.ENGLISH AND ITALIAN VERSES.  \nBY  \nADAM SMITH,LL.D.F.R.S.,  \nAuthor of the'Inguiry into the Nature and Cawses ef the Wealth of Natiows!'  \nLONDON:  \nALEX MURRAY&SON,30,QUEEN SQUARE,W.C.1869.  \nPhil 2266.30.50 A  \nHARVARD U:3.231TYLIBRARY  \nt8021990  \n# BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.\n\nADAM SMITH,the author of these Essays and of the‘Inquiry intothe Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,was born atKirkaldy,June 5,1723,a few months after the death of his father.He was a sickly child,and indulged by his mother,who was the object▶of his filial gratitude for sixty years.When about three years old,andat the house of Douglass of Strathenry,his mother's brother,he wascarried off by tinkers or gipsies,but soon recovered from them.At theburgh school of his native town he made rapid progress,and soonattracted notice by his passion for books,and by the extraordinarypowers of his memory.His weakness of body prevented him joiningin athletic sports,but his generous and friendly temperament madehim a favourite with his schoolmates;and he was noted then,asthrough after life,for absence in company and a habit of speakingto himself when alone.From the grammar school of Kirkaldy,he wassent,in I737,to the University of Glasgow,whence,in I740,he wentto Baliol College,Oxford,enjoying an exhibition on the Snell founda-tion.When at Glasgow College,his favourite studies were mathe-matics and natural philosophy,but that did not long divert his mindfrom pursuits more congenial to him,more particularly the politicalhistory of mankind,which gave scope to the power of his com-prehensive genius,and gratified his ruling passion of contributingto the happiness and the improvement of society.To his early tastefor Greek,may be due the clearness and fulness with whichhe states his political reasonings.At Oxford he employed himself fre-quently in the practice of translation,with a view to the improvementof his own style,and used to commend such exercises to all who culti-vate the art of composition.He also cultivated with the greatest carethe study of languages;and his knowledge of them led him to apeculiar experience in everything that could illustrate the institutions,the manners,and the ideas of different ages and nations.  \nAfter a residence at Oxford of seven years,he returned to Kirkaldy,and lived two years with his mother,engaged in studies,but withoutany fixed plan for his future life.He had been originally destined forthe Church of England;but not finding the ecclesiastical professionsuitable to his taste,he took chance of obtaining some of those mode-rate prefernents,to which literary attainments lead in Scotland.Removing to Edinburgh in I748,he read lectures on rhetoric andbelles lettres,under the patronage of Lord Kames;and when inEdinburgh became intimate with David Hume.  \nIn 1751 he was elected Professor of Logic in the University ofGlasgow;and,the year following,he became Professor of MoralPhilosophy there;a situation he held for thirteen years,and used tolook back on as the most useful and happy of his life;and,though buta narrow scene for his ambition,may have led to the future eminenceof his literary character.In delivering his lectures,MrSmith trusted  \nBIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.  \nalmost entirely to extemporary elocution.His manner,though notgraceful,was plain and unaffected,and he never failed to interest hishearers.Each discourse consisted commonly of several distinct pro-positions,which he successively endeavoured to prove and illustrate.At first he often appeared to speak with hesitation;but,as he advanced,the matter seemed to crowd upon him,his manner became warm andanimated,and his expression easy and fluent.His reputation as aphilosopher attracted a multitude of students from a great distan","cbCailUHEVKnygMn","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailUHEVKnygMn","pdf",12378971,480,"English","# BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.","[{\"question\":\"Where and when was Adam Smith born, according to the notice?\",\"answer\":\"Adam Smith was born at Kirkaldy on June 5, 1723.\"},{\"question\":\"What positions did Adam Smith hold at the University of Glasgow?\",\"answer\":\"He was elected Professor of Logic in 1751 and became Professor of Moral Philosophy the following year.\"},{\"question\":\"Which works does the notice connect to Adam Smith’s early publications?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights the first edition of his Essays (The Theory of Moral Sentiments) in 1757 and later his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776.\"}]","THE ESSAYS OF ADAM SMITH - I.MORAL SENTIMENTS - THEME | PDF",739]