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the other. The injustice beyoiul all question 
'vas great, and was the less excusable, as coming 
from one so nearly related, and who was himself al- 
ready basking in the brightest sunshine of popularity 
and success. That offence should have been taken 
Can scarcely excite either surprise or censure. But 
arill it can never be sufficiently lamented, that two 
and] men should have allowed occurrences of tliis 
nature, which, w'iih a little kindly feeling, might have 
f*^en so easily adjusted to their mutual credit, to be- 
come a source of heart-burning and division. We 
liave not the means of judging how far these and 
annilar occurrences were attended with personal al- 
tareatioH ; but it is a melancholy fact, that the spark 
thus early kindled, occasionally burst into a flame, 
‘Inring the remaining years of their lives. Not that 
they lived in a state of uninterrupted hostility; very 
fnr from it, as we shall have ample occasion to ob- 
serve in the sequel, and as the facts to which we have 
J'rst been adverting themselves sufficiently evince. 
although these painful events occurred when 
•fnhn had been only six years in London, he coiiti- 
tttied in connection with bis brotlier for six years 
longer. In fact, John’s labours at this period con- 
tributed so much to his brother’s museum, and were 
altogether so gratifying to his disposition, that though, 
rrs Sir E. Horae remarks, in many respects they did 
trot agree, the powerful bond of interest, in conjunc- 
tton, it may be hoped, with the remnants of better 
eelinggj long delayed their separation. 
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