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doubly valuable to me. I most sincerely give you 
joy, and shall be glad to know when I may tell you 
so in person. If there be in this world a state in 
which all is not vanity, it is that where two mect 
and unite on rational ideas, and on the sacred prin- 
ciple of making each other happy. 
Pray hold me still among your friends, and re- 
commend me to Mrs. Smith’s good opinion. 
I remain ever your most sincere Friend and 
Servant, 
S. GooDENOUGH. 
I forgot to say how sincerely Mrs. Goodenough 
joins me in all I say, and all the girls too. 
From the same. 
Dear Sir, August 25, 1796. 
The same channel of information which informed 
me of your return from Norfolk, mentioned your 
intention of quitting Middlesex. I rode over to 
Portland Place the next day, when lo! (see what it 
is to live out of the world!) I found you had re- 
turned some time, and set out again for Hafod the 
day before. I found from the ticket at the corner, 
and from your servant likewise, that all was too 
true, and that your house was to be let immediately. 
Directly I began grieving for you and for the Lin- 
nan Society. At the distance of Norwich you will 
be quite buried alive. I wished to talk over with 
you once more, how necessary it is, that he who 
would reign over many must be perpetually contend- 
