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The smallest drop of blood may become visible 

 on the surface of an animal body, and may serve 

 there some special and useful purpose; sent 

 back to the heart, it is mixed with such a mul- 

 titude of similar particles, that all marks of it 

 as an individual are lost. In like manner, 

 having returned from the frontiers of the Bri- 

 tish empire to its capital, I naturally sunk back 

 into the obscurity, which was suitable to my 

 condition in life, rendered now still more low 

 by the poverty, which had been brought upon 

 my family, by their adherence to a great public 

 cause. In more happy times, therefore, than 

 those which have since followed, I could scarcely 

 have expected an opportunity of demonstrating 

 a love for my country, otherwise than by a ready 

 obedience to its laws. In consequence, how- 

 ever, of the attempts which some men, incited 

 to deeds of parricide by the example of suc- 

 cessful crimes in a neighbouring state, have 

 made to overthrow our ancient constitution, 

 persons of every rank have within these few 

 years been called upon to declare their attach- 

 ment to it. I have gladly obeyed this call ; 

 and my name appears in the list of those inha- 

 bitants of London, who signed the declaration 

 at Merchant Taylors' Hall, in December, 1792 ; 

 and in that of the same description of persons 

 .who signed the declaration at Grocers' Hall, in 



