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of my waiving the Ceremony of leaving a card at yr. house
on my departure, with a much larger share of
imperfection than most of my neighbours, I fear that it often
falls to my lot to offend where no offence is intended; I
can however lay my hand on my heart and truly say
that, I have never willingly allowed my failings to trifle with
the feelings or wound the honest pride of any Soul
living: It is not in my Nature to do so, if even I
possessed that greatness of intellect and abstraction of thought,
which, according to Lord Chesterfield, can alone palliate gratify
eccentricity and weakness.

I went to England after an absence of several months,
with a view of publishing the more mature result of my
journey to Spain. circumstances which it is needless to
explain, rendered it necessary that I should enter into an
negotiation with certain booksellers for the publication of my
book, when however I found that, I could neither obtain support

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from them or sympathy from others, of whose qualities of
of the mind and heart, I had formed such exalted notions, it
was the part of prudence as well as of necessity to retreat
in time, and endeavour to complete my insignificant labours
here. If I did not impart any of my griefs to you, it was
because I considered yr. time much better employed than in
listening to such matters, and that I did not consider myself as
having any claims whatever either on that, or your appui
in other respects.

although I do not forsee any events in my future history
that are likely to render my communications either
useful or necessary I shall not be the less zealous or
persevering in my efforts to promote these principles of yours,
which induced me some twelve years ago, to express myself so
as warmly in their praise. If I have done a particle of
good by my subsequent efforts, the reflection of having acted from
the best and I wall add, most disinterested motives, is an ample
and sufficient reward.

with every wish for your health & happiness, I remain Dr. Sir
yours very truly. E Blaquiere.

Identifier: | JB/010/065/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Date_1	1821-08-07	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings	poor law
Folio number	065	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	edward blaquiere	Watermarks	hagar & co 1820
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham; john flowerdew colls	Paper Produced in Year	1820
Notes public	[[notes_public::letter 2791, vol. 10; "showed above / to miss wright, who undertook to explain / matters to him, if / she saw him" [note in bentham's hand]]]	ID Number	3501
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