. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. Dr. Peters, in stature, is six feet high, form rather slender, of delicatecomplexion, pleasing of manner, never giving offence, easily approached,benevolent of disposition, a stranger to strife and anger, prudent yet de-cided in conversation, never thrown into confusion, of industrious and per-severing habits. He is good, humane, and enjoys the company of friendsand neighbors, given to hospitality, strict to the truth, never deceivHlng,always ready to do justice, and to exact just
. Portraits of eminent Americans now living : with biographical and historical memoirs of their lives and actions. Dr. Peters, in stature, is six feet high, form rather slender, of delicatecomplexion, pleasing of manner, never giving offence, easily approached,benevolent of disposition, a stranger to strife and anger, prudent yet de-cided in conversation, never thrown into confusion, of industrious and per-severing habits. He is good, humane, and enjoys the company of friendsand neighbors, given to hospitality, strict to the truth, never deceivHlng,always ready to do justice, and to exact justice where it can be donewithout oppression ; having been taught, by Divine inspiration, to renderunto Csesar the things which are Ciesars, and unto God the things whichare Gods. His eminent success in all his undertakings may be traced tohis good sense, his sense of justice, urbanity of manner, and attention towhatever he has undertaken. The writer of this is of no kindred to Doc-tor Peters; he has known him long, and known him well, and can trulysay, the above sketch is but a feeble narrative of the
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