text: " Had the "resolution and independence" which dignify the lowly and strengthen the unhappy when no visible eye befriends them been among the rich endowments of Chatterton's wonderful mind--had he possessed and cherished the courage that bears up against obloquy and neglect--had he pursued the rough tenour of his way undaunted in spite of "solitude pain of heart distress and poverty " how different must have been the fate of the inspired boy of Bristol! He might be alive yet; he would be ninety years old graced with honour love obedience troops of friends and all that should accompany old age