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most difficult positions in which a man was ever placed. 

 He had followed one who was loved and honoured in a 

 degree almost without precedent, but he had well filled his 

 place. If it was true that the sun had set on these broad 

 hills and valleys, it was equally true that no night had 

 followed. The Duke had gladdened and cheered the 

 hearts of those who occupied his extensive domains, and 

 well and worthily supplied the place of the benefactor they 

 had lost. 



