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legislative career ; and the fourth will be chiefly 

 confined to those anecdotes which will best illus- 

 trate his character as a man. In following this 

 method, I may, probably, be led into something 

 like repetition ; but I hope I shall be excused, 

 if each part shall be found to contain a whole in 

 itself, which facilitates reference. 



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