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it over to the man in the world to whom I thought 

 it was most justly due. 



Into your Excellency's hands I commit it, request- 

 ing of you to transmit it, on the event of your decease, 

 to the man in your own country, who fliall appear to 

 jour judgement, to deserve it best, upon the same con- 

 siderations that have induced me to send it to your 

 Excellency. With the highest esteem, I have the 

 honour to be Sir, 



Your Excellency's 



Most obedient humble servant, 

 BUCHAN. 



READING MEMORANDUMS. 



Continued from p. 64 . 

 News, like other tales, are easily told : What is ho- 

 ped is readily believed ; and what is believed is con- 

 fidently told. 



The conceits of speculative men are such, that 

 they strain their faculties to find in a mine, what liea , 

 on the surface. 



Men may be convinced, but they cannot be pleasedj 

 against their will ; but though taste is obstinate, it 

 is very variable, and time often prevails when argu- 

 ments have failed. 



The equal lot of the Scots clergy, is a strong 

 check to every aspiring thought : It may blunt their 

 ambition, but it binds them to their people, and invi- 

 gorates every duty towards these, to whom they coQ- 

 •sider themselves connected for life. 

 To be contiriiitd. 



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