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170. ADVICE, Valued.—[continued].

It is impossible for my friends ever to render me so acceptable a
favor, as by communicating to me, without
reserve, facts and opinions. I have none
of that sort of self-love which winces at
it; indeed, both self-love and the desire to
do what is best strongly invite unreserved
communication.—
To Wilson C. Nicholas. Washington ed. v, 48. Ford ed., ix, 32.
(W. 1807)