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of my work. Thefe I muft neceffarily 

 point out; and there cannot be a greater 

 advantage in any controverfy, than to be 

 able to mew clearly that your opponent 

 has mif-ftated your opinions, and then 

 ridiculed and argued againft his own mif- 

 ftatements. Had you thought proper to 

 communicate your Letter to me before it 

 was printed (though I do not mean to in- 

 finuate that I had any right to expect it) 

 you would eafily have been convinced of 

 thofe mif-ftatements by references to my 

 book : this would have faved me from the 

 unpleafant talk of pointing them out to 

 the public ; a talk which it is difficult to 

 perform without fome retort, and appear- 

 ance of afperity : it would alfo have faved 

 you from, what I am fure you will very 

 fenfibly feel, the mortification of being 

 convicted either of want of candour, or of 

 common attention, where, for your own 



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