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See his Life, prefixed to his ‘Remains.’ The following are noted by a valuable writer as among the important advantages arising from foreign research, as supplementary—not preliminary—to home resources—‘It will give excitement to the mind, and rouse it to a state of higher energy and activity—It will present ample materials for thought and reflection; and should the mind fix, with a vigorous grasp, only on some one interesting thought, that single idea may be the first of a train, which will give a character and a value to the whole discourse—It will give additional amplitude, richness, and vividness to many of the illustrations which your own mind might have suggested in part, but with much less power to excite interest and make an impression. It will also serve to give additional confidence in the expression of your own opinion.’ Mental Discipline, by the Rev. H. F. Burder, p. 85.