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Literary Life of the Rev. William Harness
William Harness to A. G. K. L'Estrange, 2 October 1868
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Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
Chapter XI.
Chapter XII.
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“Privy Council Office,
“Oct. 2. 1868.

“Thank you, my dear L’Estrange, for your kind note of this morning. I was, and am, a good deal affected by poor Milman’s death. We had been friends ever since 1802; and the death of one whom I have known so long, and who was so near my own age, seems like the pulling
296DR. MILMAN'S DEATH.
up the young roots of one’s life from the ground. I was at his funeral, which was very solemn and very affecting to those who were as much attached to him as myself.

“I should be off a-tree-planting, were I in your place, at once, that the job may be finished and yourself in England before the election rows begin in Ireland.

“Yours,
“W. Harness.”