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FEELS FOR THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.
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ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer to his former dignity, I am sure he will be its friend, as soon as he is convinced that it can be made useful to him.

It may possibly enable him to un-muddle even his own financial accounts, and to——

But as I have no wish to crucify him, I will leave his name in obscurity.

The Herostratus of Science, if he escape oblivion, will be linked with the destroyer of the Ephesian Temple.