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contiguous to it, should be obtainable.</p> | contiguous to it, should be obtainable.</p> | ||
<p>What crowned the whole and | <p>What crowned the whole and gave at once a complexion<lb/> | ||
of unprecedented practicability to the whole business<lb/> | of unprecedented practicability to the whole business<lb/> | ||
was — a sort of providential conspiracy of favourable<lb/> | was — a sort of providential conspiracy of favourable<lb/> | ||
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<hi rend="underline">minimum</hi> of trouble promised to suffice for the completion<lb/> | <hi rend="underline">minimum</hi> of trouble promised to suffice for the completion<lb/> | ||
of it. Not only the Marquis was willing to sell, but<lb/> | of it. Not only the Marquis was willing to sell, but<lb/> | ||
what was more his Lordship's Agent (M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> | what was more his Lordship's Agent (M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Estcourt the<lb/> | ||
<sic>Sollicitor</sic> to the Stamp office) was a gentleman with whom<lb/> | <sic>Sollicitor</sic> to the Stamp office) was a gentleman with whom<lb/> | ||
M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long (<hi rend="underline"><foreign>virtute officium</foreign></hi>) was under the frequently recurring<lb/> | M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long (<hi rend="underline"><foreign>virtute officium</foreign></hi>) was under the frequently recurring<lb/> | ||
necessity of seeing about other business. | necessity of seeing about other business. This circumstance<lb/> | ||
was communicated to me by M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long and the<lb/> | was communicated to me by M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Long and the<lb/> | ||
value of it was not lost upon me. If there could have<lb/> | value of it was not lost upon me. If there could have<lb/> | ||
been any doubt of its importance in the first instance,<lb/> | been any doubt of its importance in the first instance,<lb/> | ||
that doubt would have been pretty well removed by the<lb/> | that doubt would have been pretty well removed by the<lb/> | ||
event. As the unavoidable | event. As the unavoidable businesses (whatever they were)<lb/> | ||
went on, the meetings unavoidably necessary to the carrying<lb/> | went on, the meetings unavoidably necessary to the carrying<lb/> | ||
it on, of course took place: but as to my business —<lb/> | it on, of course took place: but as to my business —<lb/> | ||
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unison & with accordant energy that one thing I was to
understand most compleatly and distinctly — that I must
content myself and be prepared to build upon the Salisbury
Estate itself, if no additional & more convenient spot,
contiguous to it, should be obtainable.
What crowned the whole and gave at once a complexion
of unprecedented practicability to the whole business
was — a sort of providential conspiracy of favourable
incidents, in virtue of which an absolute mathematical
minimum of trouble promised to suffice for the completion
of it. Not only the Marquis was willing to sell, but
what was more his Lordship's Agent (Mr Estcourt the
Sollicitor to the Stamp office) was a gentleman with whom
Mr Long (virtute officium) was under the frequently recurring
necessity of seeing about other business. This circumstance
was communicated to me by Mr Long and the
value of it was not lost upon me. If there could have
been any doubt of its importance in the first instance,
that doubt would have been pretty well removed by the
event. As the unavoidable businesses (whatever they were)
went on, the meetings unavoidably necessary to the carrying
it on, of course took place: but as to my business —
(which may all along be distinguished by the characteristic
name of the optional business) I was never able to
flatter myself with the idea, that by any labour of mine,
strenuous and unremitting as it was, any addition was
ever made to the number of those meetings. If I may
anticipate for a moment — the day on which the business
was compleated (so far as it has hitherto been compleated)
was within a day or two of eleven months
posterior to the day on which it was thus opened to one.
Such was the fruit of the miracle wrought in my favour as
above: — where should I have been without the miracle?
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