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  • I do not mean to warp your judgement by telling you I approve your promise; but though it is not meritorious, it is extenuable; and if the confession will give you any satisfaction, I will freely acknowledge that, under the same circumstances, I think I should have fallen into the same error.”

    Vicissitudes in Genteel Life 1794

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