“And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired: but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.”――_2 Maccabees xv. 38._ My retirement from official duties as President has enabled me to restore order on my plantations, and in some degree to repair the neglected buildings which are fallen to decay. The constant coming of guests――moved, I fear, more by curiosity than by other reasons――is diminished owing to snows, unusual at this period of the year.…
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