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104. ADDRESSES, Self Respect and.—

Though the expressions of good will from
my fellow citizens cannot but be grateful to
me, yet I would rather relinquish the gratification,
and see republican self-respect prevail
over movements of the heart too capable
of misleading the person to whom they are
addressed. However, their will not mine, be
done.—
To Samuel Smith. Ford ed., viii, 28.
(W. March. 1801)