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4448. LANGUAGE (Latin), A luxury. [continued].

I thank on my knees,
him who directed my early education, for having
put into my possession this rich source of
delight; and I would not exchange it for anything
which I could then have acquired, and
have not since acquired.—
To Joseph Priestley. Washington ed. iv, 317. Ford ed., vii, 414.
(Pa., 1800)