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which drew tears from all who were present ? and must 

 I refuse myself the satisfaction of describing the fete 

 I gave them in return, in the English Garden, at which 

 1800 poor people of all ages, and above 30,000 of the 

 inhabitants of Munich, assisted ? and all this pleasure I 

 must forego merely that I may not be thought vain and 

 ostentatious ? Be it so then ; but I would just beg 

 leave to call the reader's attention to my feelings upon 

 the occasion ; and then let him ask himself, if any 

 earthly reward can possibly be supposed greater, any 

 enjoyments more complete, than those I received. Let 

 him figure to himself, if he can, my situation, — sick in 

 bed, worn out by intense application, and dying, as 

 everybody thought, a martyr in the cause to which I 

 had devoted myself, — let him imagine, I say, my feelings, 

 upon hearing the confused noise of the prayers of a 

 multitude of people, who were passing by in the streets, 

 upon being told that it was the poor of Munich, many 

 hundreds in number, who were going in procession 

 to the church to put up public prayers for me, — public 

 prayers for me ! for a private person ! a stranger ! a Prot- 

 estant ! I believe it is the first instance of the kind that 

 ever happened; and I dare venture to affirm that no 

 proof could well be stronger than this that the measures 

 adopted for making these poor people happy were really 

 successful; and let it be remembered, that this fact is 

 what I am most anxious to make appear^ in the clear- 

 est AND MOST SATISFACTORY MANNER. 



