[C] "For if one has anything worth writing, it is really worth while to
write it so it can be read."--_Address at Barre._
[D] In another scrap of his reminiscences, he says: "The oldest
political event of which I have any recollection is that of the _quasi_
French War of 1798. This I remember only in connection with the family
talk of the price of flour, which it was said would cost twenty dollars
a barrel. As we used principally brown bread, this was of less
consequence; although the price of Indian corn and meal was probably
increased also."
[E] Mr. Hedge, with whom this was a favorite passage.