TheheterogeneouscompositionofhumannaturewasremarkablyexemplifiedinJohnson。Hisliberalityingivinghismoneytopersonsindistresswasextraordinary。Yettherelurkedabouthimapropensitytopaultrysaving。OnedayIownedtohimthat’IwasoccasionallytroubledwithafitofNARROWNESS。’’Why，Sir，saidhe，soamI。BUTIDONOTTELLIT。’Hehasnowandthenborrowedashillingofme；andwhenIaskedforitagain，seemedtoberatheroutofhumour。Adrolllittlecircumstanceonceoccurred：
asifhemeanttoreprimandmyminuteexactnessasacreditor，hethusaddressedme；——’Boswell，LENDmesixpence——NOTTOBEREPAID。’
Thisgreatman’sattentiontosmallthingswasveryremarkable。Asaninstanceofit，heonedaysaidtome，’Sir，whenyougetsilverinchangeforaguinea，lookcarefullyatit；youmayfindsomecuriouspieceofcoin。’
ThoughasternTRUE-BORNENGLISHMAN，andfullyprejudicedagainstallothernations，hehaddiscernmentenoughtosee，andcandourenoughtocensure，thecoldreservetoocommonamongEnglishmentowardsstrangers：’Sir，saidhe，twomenofanyothernationwhoareshewnintoaroomtogether，atahousewheretheyarebothvisitors，willimmediatelyfindsomeconversation。ButtwoEnglishmenwillprobablygoeachtoadifferentwindow，andremaininobstinatesilence。Sir，weasyetdonotenoughunderstandthecommonrightsofhumanity。’
Johnson，forsportperhaps，orfromthespiritofcontradiction，eagerlymaintainedthatDerrickhadmeritasawriter。Mr。