The preservation of letters to satisfy an erotic mind is low enough, but deliberately to identify each anonymous or initialled letter with the full name of the writer, for the use of a biographer, is an act of treachery of which few men are capable.
This quote criticizes the betrayal involved in revealing the identities of anonymous correspondents for personal gain.
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And, Governor Seward, I have made it, though it be conceited in me to say so.
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And what have I to lose by withdrawing and leaving the party unembarrassed?
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