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(emetics). He has already taken one, and thinks he is 

 something better, and is to take another to-night." 

 Then she goes into business matters, which occupy 

 several pages quarto. 



It was a great privation for Wedgwood to be debarred 

 from reading, as he desired to use his confinement 

 for the opportunity of repairing the deficiencies of 

 an education which had unavoidably been narrow. 

 Indeed, he took so much delight in reading that he 

 often declared that the height of his ambition was to 

 earn a small competence, such as might enable 

 him to spend the remainder of his life in literary 

 studies. 



But business had, in the meantime, to be attended 

 to. In June 1779, we find him writing to Lord Paget, 

 stating his concern at not being able to wait upon his 

 lordship at Etruria, because of his being unable to start 

 at that time without crutches. But he proceeded to 

 give Lord Paget written information as to the ideas he 

 had been inquiring about. 



After his eyes had recovered, he could both read and 

 write about models of The Muses, Hercules, Omphale, 

 The Piping Faun, The Vestals, Esculapius, and other 

 artistic products. At the same time he added : " I believe 

 it would do me a great deal of good to have my head 

 quite clear of all business for a fortnight." 



To show the kindly feeling that existed between 

 Wedgwood and Bentley, we quote the following further 

 letter, on the occasion of Bentley being invited to Etruria 



