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has put his hand to the plough.
I hope he will keep it there.

I hope my old friends Jack & George
maintained firm countenances when
invited to the feast you mention.

It is recorded I believe that some
Lowland Pictish tribes in the time
of the Romans were cannibals, but
the Danes who took possession of the
Lowlands exterminated those
tribes I imagine.

I hope that not only James but
Jack & George will find scope
for their energies in one or
other of your Houses, where
heroic work has to be done
in waging war against folly
or mischievous ignorance.

I was sorry to hear from
Essn [Essington] King that Mrs. Philip
is ill: but she has so bravely