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I inquired whether he had seen S------, and he
gave a very sad account of him as he appeared at their last meeting,
which was in Paris. S------, he thought, had suffered terribly, and
would never again be the man he was; he was getting fat; he talked
continually of himself, and of trifles concerning himself, and seemed to
have no interest for other matters; and Mr. ------ feared that the shock
upon his nerves had extended to his intellect, and was irremediable. He
said that S------ ought to retire from public life, but had no friend
true enough to tell him so. This is about as sad as anything can be. I
hate to have S------ undergo the fate of a martyr, because he was not
naturally of the stuff that martyrs are made of, and it is altogether by
mistake that he has thrust himself into the position of one. He was
merely, though with excellent abilities, one of the best of fellows, and
ought to have lived and died in good fellowship with all the world.
S------ was not in the least degree excited about this or any other
subject.


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