That I cannot agree to; and for that reason I have criticised your book, so full of beautiful pages, so brilliant with knowledge and fervor! "I wish, sir, that my impaired health would permit me to examine with you, page by page, the memoir which you have done me the honor to address to me publicly and personally; I think I could offer some important criticisms.

For the moment, I must content myself with thanking you for the kind words in which you have seen fit to speak of me.

We each possess the merit of sincerity; I desire also the merit of prudence.

You know how deep-seated is the disease under which the working-people are suffering; I know how many noble hearts beat under those rude garments, and I feel an irresistible and fraternal sympathy with the thousands of brave people who rise early in the morning to labor, to pay their taxes, and to make our country strong.

I try to serve and enlighten them, whereas some endeavor to mislead them.