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stated one untruth, knowing it to have been an untruth. '* Truth," 

 however, says the proverb " is not to be spoken at all times,** although^ 

 as Juvenal says, it is only grating to a tyrant's ear. On the other hand, 

 itisdiiScult in the reader, and now and then, in the writer, accurately 

 to distinguish flattery from praise, although in their realities, there are 

 few things more distinct. The one I disown ; of the other I may have 

 been lavish, as I shall ever be where I think it is due, and where I am 

 able to appreciate it. Scotland and Scotchmen then, for the present 

 adieu ! I am indebted to you much, and I should like to visit you once 

 again. 



