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After so much has been said concerning this quarrel with 

 the man who, next to Scott, was Hogg's best friend, it is in- 

 teresting to note what the Shepherd wrote later, in the year of 

 Mr. Blackwood's death. 



I will be very sorry to object to any arrangement that so kind a 

 friend has made manifestly for my benefit. It was what I wished and 

 proposed last year, that all bygones should be bygones, and never once 

 more mentioned. It is by far the best way of settling a difference when 

 so many alternate kindnesses have passed between the parties. For, 

 though Mr. Blackwood often hurt my literary pride, I have always con- 

 fessed, and will confess to my dying day, that I knew no man who wished 

 me better, or was more interested in my success. 



