General Biography, or Lives, Critical and Historical, of the Most Eminent Persons of All Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, Vol. 5: ... to Alphabetical Order (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Hale sir matthew, an eminent law yer andjudge, was born in 1609 at Alderley in Gloucestershire, whither his father, a bar. Rister, had retired upon a small paternal estate, on account of conscientious scruples concerning the practice of the law. Hiatthew received his grammar education under a purita_nical clergy man and at Magdalen hall, Oxford, was put under the tuition of a man of the same princi ples the influence of which was visible on his after-character. During the early years of youth, however, he was not free from the le vities incident to that period, and his disposi tions were rather martial than literary. At length, upon the persuasion of serjeant Glan vill, in his twenty first year he entered at Lin coln' s -inn, and bending his mind to the studies of his profession, he is said for many years to have passed sixteen hours daily at his books. He also became seriously devout, and performed the duties of religion with undeviating regu larity. The life he led was entirely that ofa student and recluse, and he gave no time or attention to the ordinary calls of social inter course. He enlarged the' circle of his enquiries so as to comprehend almost every object of human learning - mathematics, physics, history, philosophy, and, above all, divinity. For this comprehension he was much indebted to his acquaintance with that profound scholar Sel.

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