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supposed that he really entertained it. In like 

 manner as when I spoke of Dr. Gisborne, I 

 venture here to affirm, that nothing occurred 

 in my conduct from that time to the 29th of 

 September in the same year, which should have 

 induced Sir Lucas Pepys to alter his opinion of 

 me as a gentleman. 



I might proceed to show, my Lord, that other 

 fellows of the college refused to receive Dr. 

 Pitcairn's proposal, upon grounds that had no 

 connexion with my moral reputation. But, as 

 what] I have already said appears sufficient for 

 attaining the end I proposed, I quit with joy a 

 subject so distasteful, and betake myself to one 

 more congenial to your Lordship's feelings, the 

 consideration of the support which was given to 

 my fitness for being received at the college, by 

 the characters of him who made, and of him 

 who seconded the proposal for my being exa- 

 mined. 



One of those gentlemen must already be well 

 known to your Lordship. I cannot, however, 

 refrain from saying respecting him, that the son 

 of the gallant Major John Pitcairn, who died 

 the glorious and enviable death of a soldier, 

 fighting for his country, and the adopted son 

 of the high-minded, upright, and generous Dr. 

 William Pitcairn, must have every title to the 



