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have you there, perhaps more for their own purposes 

 than considering your advantage) of seeming to sac- 

 rifice your own interest to the general cause of the 

 party. 



"It is always a great advantage, especially in your 

 situation, to begin in opposition. If I did not begin 

 to see a possibility of our friends getting into office, I 

 should not hesitate to urge you to accept. For the in- 

 terruption to your profession in your present state of 

 practice, while you continue in opposition, I should 

 not much fear, setting always against it the good to 

 be derived from success and celebrity, which I rate 

 very highly. 



" To conclude, I would advise you to accept, form- 

 ing and declaring your resolution to adhere to your 

 profession, and your intention to attend as constantly 

 as your legal avocations would permit, but not be- 

 yond that point. 



" You have what I advise ; but probably you will 

 have decided before you receive this. I have only to 

 add, that when you become Secretary of State, it will 

 be prudent to seal your despatches. Your letter came 

 to me open, and certainly unmarked by wax or wafer. 

 -Yours truly, E." 



" H. BROUGHAM, Esq., Albany, London." 



The following is an extract from a letter, dated 

 January 2, 1810, from the Duke of Bedford to Lord 

 Grey : "I write in very great haste, for they are 

 waiting for me to go out shooting. The subject is 



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