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<p>regarded as the first point, he too conceived himself<lb/> | |||
called upon to relinquish, the object of his fondest<lb/> | |||
hopes. Not that his inducements came near<lb/> | |||
in point of cogency to mine. He qe quitted, because<lb/> | |||
his opinion was crafted by the 12 Judges;<lb/> | |||
I, because even that power is not strong enough<lb/> | |||
to support me. He, because his particular notions<lb/> | |||
of expediency were over ruled by law;<lb/> | |||
I, because in my instance law itself is overpowered<lb/> | |||
by favour. No Administration had engaged<lb/> | |||
to him to give him the object of his<lb/> | |||
preference: no imputation of sinister motives<lb/> | |||
could have attached upon his acquiescence;<lb/> | |||
I, besides sacrificing the acknowledged interests<lb/> | |||
of the service, must either submit to a breach<lb/> | |||
of engagement and such an one as would<lb/> | |||
expose my capacity of fulfilling my part<lb/> | |||
in it, to a peril which I can not calculate,<lb/> | |||
or ask indemnity, for damage of my own creation,<lb/> | |||
at the expence of my character and any<lb/> | |||
conscience.</p> | |||
<p>I wait for decision, Sir, with the anxiety <add>that</add></p> | |||
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regarded as the first point, he too conceived himself
called upon to relinquish, the object of his fondest
hopes. Not that his inducements came near
in point of cogency to mine. He qe quitted, because
his opinion was crafted by the 12 Judges;
I, because even that power is not strong enough
to support me. He, because his particular notions
of expediency were over ruled by law;
I, because in my instance law itself is overpowered
by favour. No Administration had engaged
to him to give him the object of his
preference: no imputation of sinister motives
could have attached upon his acquiescence;
I, besides sacrificing the acknowledged interests
of the service, must either submit to a breach
of engagement and such an one as would
expose my capacity of fulfilling my part
in it, to a peril which I can not calculate,
or ask indemnity, for damage of my own creation,
at the expence of my character and any
conscience.
I wait for decision, Sir, with the anxiety that
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letter 988, vol. 5 |
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