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THE HUNTING FIELD 



Let no modest, unopinionated youth, then, be deterred, from 

 fear of incurring the old charge of Tuft Hunting, from paying 

 proper respect to great men. It is their due. The omission of 

 it is rudeness, and it is only by carrying it to excess — converting 

 respect into servility — that it becomes ridiculous. 





