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Excerpt from Christian Biography: The Life of Isaac Watts, D.D., And, the Life of Thomas Haliburton
N 0 species of literary composition excites a, deeper interest, or is more generally acceptable, than biography. Exhibi'ting, 'as it does, not only the outward conduct of men, but the principles and feelings by which they are actuated, under'all the diversified circumstances of life, and in the prospect of a future state, it possesses a charm of which every mind is Sensible. It gratifies a laudable curiosity, and it ministers to our instruction.
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