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4633. LETTER-WRITING, Dangers of.—[continued].

I sometimes expressly
desire that my letter may not be published; but
this is so like requesting a man not to steal
or cheat, that I am ashamed of it after I have
done it.—
To Nathaniel Macon. Washington ed. vii, 223. Ford ed., x, 193.
(M. 1821)