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what you believe to be right will ultimately be rewarded. 

 I am not surprised at what you say as to the effects 

 which the non-observance of Sunday have had on you. 

 An engineer is placed perhaps in as great temptations of 

 this kind as any man, and it must be conceded that a 

 mere engineer is not brought in contact with subjects 

 < -alculated to mould his moral character and prevent his 

 feeling from being hardened by the trying ordeal of such 

 a place as London, of which selfishness and mechanical 

 utility are the predominant springs and ends of action. 

 . . . Believe me that it will ever and at all times give 

 me pleasure to hear from you and of your success in life. 

 I should like to know whether you expect to leave 

 London, and whether Mr. Brunei is doing all for you 

 that you expect. 



Never mind filling a sheet, but write me a few lines 

 when you can, as I do/ 



To THOMAS CLEGHORX, ESQ. 



'THE DEAN HOUSE, September 23 n/, 1839. 



' I have just received your very kind letter of the 



1.5th June, and the enclosure which it accompanied. 



I state the bare truth when I say that few things have 



gratified me more than this mark of your affec- 



ite regard. I find myself reaching that time of life 



when mere compliment and external demonstrations of 



good opinion of one's fellow-men lose much of their 



attractions, and I continually attach more and more 



Jit to the personal attachments of those whose moral 



and int'-llectual qualities I can admire, and whose 



:Me dispositions I <-an love. The terms of your 



'n, and of your letter, alike prove to me that 



have ju-ily apprehended my feelings on this subject, 



hat in truth I attach more importance to 



tin- fri<-nd>hips which my position as a teacher and culti- 



icncc may enable me to make, than to any 



v which I may acquire in th.r , lineiit. 



a Worldly man, 1 am gratified by your having dedicated 



your '!'!. is 1 to me, rather than to many ther persons 



