I certainly am very intolerant and impatient, and I
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will endeavour to be less so, but do not be hurt by my
critiques on your criticisms; you know (if you know anything) the love and
respect I have for you; this is not enough—add also, the very high admiration. But it is the great fault of our Review that our
wisdom is too long; it did well at first, because it was new to find so much
understanding in a journal. But every man takes up a Review with a lazy spirit,
and wishes to get wise at a cheap rate, and to cross the country by a shorter
path. Health and respect!
Sydney Smith.
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Authors:
Saba Holland; Sarah Austin
Title:A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a
Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855).
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