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It is needless to say more than that I was greatly 

 touched by this letter. I was also so much impressed 

 with its literary skill, that on calling shortly after on 

 Sir Richard I begged him, as a matter about which 

 I felt curious on purely literary grounds, to tell me 

 its origin. He said that it was really his own writing, 

 though based on a draft prepared at the Office, and 

 added, "And it is all strictly true." Persons are to 

 be envied who can express their feelings so gracefully 

 as in that letter. 



