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miles out of his way to visit the author of 'Tullochgorum.'"
As a man of ingenuityvarious acquirementsand agreeable mannersMr Skinner was held in much
estimation among his contemporaries. Whatever he readwith the assistance of a commonplace-bookhe
accurately rememberedand could readily turn to account; andthough his library was contained in a closet of
five feet squarehe was abundantly well informed on every ordinary topic of conversation. He was fond of
controversial discussionand wielded both argument and wit with a power alarming to every antagonist.
Though keen in debatehe was however possessed of a most imperturbable suavity of temper. His
conversation was of a playful castinterspersed with anecdoteand free from every affectation of learning. As
a clergymanMr Skinner enjoyed the esteem and veneration of his flock. Besides efficiently discharging his
ministerial dutieshe practised gratuitously as a physicianhaving qualified himselfby acquiring a competent
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acquaintance with the healing art at the medical classes in Marischal College. His pulpit duties were widely
acceptable; but his discoursesthough edifying and instructivewere more the result of the promptitude of the
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