314 IlENEY KIRKE WHITE S REMAINS. 



hereafter, I would advise you not to let this circumstance 



prevent you. I shall be glad to see Mr with you. 



You may spend a few days very pleasantly here, even in 

 vacation time, though you will scarcely meet a gownsman 

 in the streets. 



I thought the matter over about , but I do not 



think I have any influence here. Being myself a young 

 man, I cannot, with any chance of success, attempt to 

 direct even that interest which I may claim with others. 



* * * * 



The University is the worst place in the world for mak- 

 ing interest. The great mass of men are themselves 

 busily employed in wriggling themselves into places and 

 livings ; and there is, in general, too much anxiety for 

 No. 1, to permit any interference for a neighbour, No. 2. 



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TO HIS MOTHER. 



St John's, Aug. 1806. 

 Mt dear Mother, 



I have no hesitation in declining the free-school, on 

 the ground of its precluding the exercise of the minis- 

 terial duties. I shall take the liberty of writing Mr 

 , to thank him for having thought of me, and to 



recommend to his notice Mr . 



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But do not fret yourself, my dear mother ; in a few 

 years we shall, I hope, be in happier circumstances. I 

 am not too sanguine in my expectations, but I shall cer- 

 tainly be able to assist you and my sisters in a few 

 years. * * * As for Maria and Kate, if they suc- 

 ceed well in their education, they may, perhaps, be able 

 to keep a school of a superior kind, where the profits 

 will be greater, and the labour less. I even hope that 

 this may not be necessary, and that you, my father, and 

 they, may come and live with me when I get a parson- 

 age. You would be pleased to see how comfortably Mr 



