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though I was conscious, that not a tenth part of the wisdom was my own, which he described to me, but rather the gleanings that I had made of the sense of all ages and nations. However, I resolved to be the better for the echo of it; and though I had at first determined to buy stuff for a new coat, I went away, resolved to wear my old one a little longer. Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit will be as great as mine.
I am, as ever
Thine to serve thee,
RICHARD SAUNDERS.