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a nature as to forbid my accep-
ting your invitation. I can,
therefore, only thank you, which
I do most cordially, for teh
honor of that invitation, and
join my hearty wishes with those
of all the friends of education
in our country for the abun-
dant prosperity of the great
Institution, which you and
your brethren are about
to inaugurate.

I am

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