Complex sentence: By the time he left the university in 1774 he had abandoned all intention of becoming a clergyman, but he was not destined to enter any other profession, for he died of consumption on September 1 1776 at Hanover.
Split into simpler sentences: By the time he left the university in 1774 he had abandoned all intention of becoming a clergyman, but he was not to enter any profession. He died of consumption on September 1 1776 at Hanover.