To F. AND S.
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I found them blind: I taught them how to see;And now they know neither themselves nor me.'Tis excellent to turn a thorn to a pin,A fool to a bolt, a knave to a glass of gin." Whether or not he had in fact thus utilized his rivals by making the mostout of their several qualities, may be questionable. If so, we must say hemanaged to scratch his own fingers with the pin, to miss his shot with thebolt, and to spill the liquor extracted from the essence of knavery. Thefollowing dialogue has equal virulence and somewhat more sureness of aim.
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