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3274. FRIENDSHIP, Ambition and.—

I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage,
with my books, my family and a few
old friends, dining on simple bacon, and
letting the world roll on as it liked than to
occupy the most splendid post which any
human power can give.—
To A. Donald. Washington ed. ii, 356.
(P. 1788)