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1079. CALUMNY, Public Service and.

—Calumny would not weigh an atom with me on any occasion where my avowal of either
facts or opinions would be of public use; but
whenever it will not, I then think it useful to
keep myself out of the way of calumny.—
To J. T. Callender. Ford ed., vii, 394.
(M. 1799)