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other respects, to the sentiments of gratitude there need be no 

 restraint ; and to those who sympathized with me in my affliction, 

 and met my returning orphans with their bounty, let me offer 

 these sentiments, Avith an assurance, that they will never be eflFaced 

 from my memory, unless the events which occasioned them can 

 also be obliterated. 



