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These are times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed.

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May your mind be thoroughly impressed with the absolute necessity of universal virtue and goodness, as the only sure road to happiness, and may you walk therein with undeviating steps.
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Humble indeed, when compared to the Palaces you have visited, and the pomp you have been witness to.
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I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.
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