I beseech you not to
commend his unheroic retreat.
I have lately made, one or two drafts on your goodness,--which I
hate to do, both because you meet them so generously, and because
you never give me an opportunity of revenge,--and mainly in the
case of Miss Bacon, who has a private history that entitles her
to high respect, and who could be helped only by facilitating her
Shakespeare studies, in which she has the faith and ardor of a
discoverer. Bancroft was to have given her letters to Hallam,
but gave one to Sir H. Ellis. Everett, I believe, gave her one
to Mr. Grote; and when I told her what I remembered hearing of
Spedding, she was eager to see him; which access I knew not how
to secure, except through you. She wrote me that she prospers in
all things, and had just received at once a summons to meet
Spedding at your house. But do not fancy that I send any one to
you heedlessly; for I value your time at its rate to nations,
and refuse many more letters than I give. I shall not send you
any more people without good reason.
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