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1122. CANDOR, Appreciating.—

If those,
who thought I might have been remiss, would
have written to me on the subject, I should
have admired them for their candor, and
thanked them for it; for I have no jealousies
nor resentments at things of this kind, where
I have no reason to believe they have been
excited by a hostile spirit.—
To James Monroe. Washington ed. i, 589. Ford ed., iv, 248.
(P. 1786)