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was my opinion (as it is of others also, who have 

 known you better than I can pretend to do,) that 



was neither a fit place for you, nor you a 



fit man for it. 



" Now, if this was my opinion, why might I 

 not say it, especially when I was under a kind 

 of necessity of giving some reason for my refusal 

 of what his Grace had moved to me ? 



" But you call this a crimination, a drawing 

 up a charge against you. I wonder why you 

 should do so. What have I accused you of? 

 What crime have I laid to your charge ? I dare 

 say there are an hundred clergymen in this dio- 

 cese, of whom I know no ill, and therefore to 

 be sure would not charge them with any ; nay, 

 whom I believe to be very good men, of whom 



yet, if they were candidates for I 



would not scruple to say, that I am afraid 

 they had not all the qualifications necessary for 

 the discharge of so important and difficult a 

 post. 



" As for what you desire, that I would give 

 you a particular account of what qualifications 

 I think you want for that place. / do not think 

 it a proper argument for a letter. But, if you will 

 give me an opportunity of talking with you, I 

 will sincerely tell you my whole heart about 

 this matter, and what my reasons were of my so 

 expressing myself to the Duke of Leeds. lu 



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