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Hartford College. Abolition Question
(5.)

One objection I must confess I do foresee,
and to the force of it I am most fully sensible.
The patronage! what would become
of our patronage! See the aptitude in the
world what is it to us, if to obtain it, our patronage
is to be extinguished? Should a competition
of this sort be established, and a set
of Examiners, possessed of a decent regard for
reputation, be appointed, the reward situation might
in every instance be given to the most fit
the reward to the most deserving, and what assurance
can any Gentleman have that his own child,
or his own relative or other protégé, will be
of the number. In making this proposition,
I have, by a a I have I am most fully sensible, been
putting the public spirit and distinterestedness
of Gentlemen to a most severe test:
to a test which, in their situation, it may,
for aught I know, not be in the power of
human nature to endure. I have given to
them the opportunity of displaying such virtue
as would constitute, in favor of every Gentleman,
who shall have displayed it, a better
title to a monument that I fear has been
often possessed by those on whom monuments
have been bestowed.
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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	010	Main Headings
Folio number	172	Info in main headings field	hertford college abolition question
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c5
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1823
Marginals		Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1823
Notes public	see note to letter 3047, vol. 11	ID Number	3608
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