LETTERS.

His _Letters_ published in his works are numerous; they are written

in a stiff, ungraceful, formal style; but still, they frequently bear

the impress of the writer’s greatness and genius. Fragments of them

have been frequently quoted in the course of this notice; they have,

perhaps, best served to exhibit more fully the man in all the relations

of his public and private life.

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