12 Dec.r 1801

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prevail on it to get the better of that propensity, and look out for /betake

itself to/ a higher level, and this may serve as an argument in favour /support/

of maximum to any gentleman who finds himself disposed /feels in himself a

propensity/ to consider it as such.

[marginal note:] I choose rather to remain unread than feed readers with such

arguments.