WetalkedofourworthyfriendMr。Langton。Hesaid，’IknownotwhowillgotoHeavenifLangtondoesnot。Sir，Icouldalmostsay，SitanimameacumLangtono。’Imentionedaveryeminentfriendasavirtuousman。JOHNSON。’Yes，Sir；but——hasnottheevangelicalvirtueofLangton——，Iamafraid，wouldnotscrupletopickupawench。’
HehoweverchargedMr。Langtonwithwhathethoughtwantofjudgmentuponaninterestingoccasion。’WhenIwasill，saidhe，
Idesiredhewouldtellmesincerelyinwhathethoughtmylifewasfaulty。Sir，hebroughtmeasheetofpaper，onwhichhehadwrittendownseveraltextsofScripture，recommendingchristiancharity。AndwhenIquestionedhimwhatoccasionIhadgivenforsuchananimadversion，allthathecouldsayamountedtothis，——
thatIsometimescontradictedpeopleinconversation。Nowwhatharmdoesitdotoanymantobecontradicted？’BOSWELL。’I
supposehemeanttheMANNERofdoingit；roughly，——andharshly。’