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who oecupy the back bench—and my only ambition is to teach 
you thoroughly. by fact and demonstration, what Lin common 
with my professional brethren know; and especially. what I 
believe—not, from a prurient vanity to appear a genius of the 
first water to teach what I do not know, nor they neither, and — 
what neither they norI can believe. I have no desire to wheedle 
myself into your attachment, by dwelling on the singular cir- 
cumstance that I have been born in the same state with most 
ef you—so little marvellous or important do I think that fact, 
thatI shall not perpetually remind you of “ our native state” —~ 
simply, for want of a better reason, because a man canno 
choose bere he may be born, and may perhaps lecture quite 
inly more to the point, without such tender 
have no desire to court popularity with you 
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by this or any other trick—because I despise popularity, assuch, — ee 
secured in any unworthy way. But, if unambitious of this 
courted balm to the insincere and meritless heart—if I would 
‘not leave my duty to you to take a precarious crusade after 
that shadow popularity—still Tam ambitious of the substance— 
ery ambitious t deserve your respect, by doing my duty. A 
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