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world, there must be such a thing as 
space, to afford room more than 
enough for all. If it were not for 
this space, there would be no dis¬ 
tance, if there were no distance there 
would be no need of letters, and you 
would have no occasion to trust your 
thoughts and feeling to the treachery 
of the world, to the variety of posts, 
to the infinity of footmen and lady’s- 
maids, who all can,and, unfortunately, 
all will, read. There certainly was a 
great error at the formation of the 
world, in allowing space to have any 
thing to do with its composition ; but 
I had nothing to do with it — I was 
not even consulted. 
