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4797. LOTTERY, Unadvisable.—

Having
myself made it a rule never to engage in a lottery
or any other adventure of mere chance, I
can, with the less candor or effect, urge it on
others, however laudable or desirable its object
may be.—
To Hugh L. White. Washington ed. v, 521.
(M. 1810)

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