These duties he
sedulously discharged, until he was superseded by the notorious
Count Novozilzoff. From this period he has lived in retirement,
faithfully performing all the duties of private life. The
promotion of agriculture, science in all its branches, and
kindly offices among mankind, constituted his occupations until
recent events drew him from his privacy. The first call was made
by the Russian functionaries, as stated in the text, for the
purpose of self-protection! the second was that of his devoted
country, when a government was essential to success. He was
chosen not only one of the five members of the executive body,
but its president, a station which he still honourably fills.
Into his new office he has carried all the unostentatious and
disinterested virtues that adorned Pulawy, and there is little
doubt that if (and no one suspects that such will not be the
case) the independence of Poland be fairly won, the choice of
his country will point to him as its sovereign. Having finished
his academical career at the University of Edinburgh, he early
acquired a strong taste for English institutions and for
Englishmen, and of this he gave substantial proof by devoting
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