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be blessed for latent merit of their’s, 
doubtlessly. 
Call for proofs, indeed ! Is there 
not here the invention — the Tele¬ 
graph — the Book ? Let my base 
detractors produce any thing equal 
to it, and I’ll confess myself an im¬ 
postor, and will gladly permit to 
be turned into a whipping-post, for 
liars, the tombstone of, 
My dear ladies, 
Your most obedient, 
Most zealous, 
And most observant slave, 
HORACE HONEYCOMB. 
