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1069. CALUMNY, Character and.—

I
laid it down as a law to myself, to take no
notice of the thousand calumnies issued
against me, but to trust my character to my
own conduct, and the good sense and candor
of my fellow citizens.—
To Wilson C. Nicholas. Washington ed. v, 452. Ford ed., ix, 253.
(M. 1809)