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Show , !' IVtlrall. Tlio following Li nn e.ipdilto lortralt In mliilnluro of ono of Talleyrand'! early friend! i Nobody crer appeared to me lo io-aesi io-aesi a conrervitloiial cbanii roinpam-bio roinpam-bio to hen. Mho had nu jm tentlouv ne( hirwordi noier bore, if I may say au, any striking colort iho iko lu dcllcato rJicdlngs) in) witticism evrr fell from Ik r lip. i tliat would lure been too ilolent Wlttlebmi aro rrmcin. Ured, when-aishoonlyaouglittoplenao, and tilct tho wonls bo forgotten. An abundant stock of facile, new and evrr delicate eiprosilons supplied tho varied requirement! of her Intelllgtnce. Tills lady ha Insptnil'Ino with n thorough aversion "W poopfe who, In order to speak tho more accurately, uso nona but technical terms. I liao no faith In tho brain power, or In tho science, of persoin who nro Ignorant of iqulralcnt., and go on forever defining j It Is to their memory rdono they nro In-dtbtexl In-dtbtexl for wluit they know, and no. eordlngly they know It Imdly. I am sorry that thii remark should ham occurred oc-curred to mo during M, do Humboldt's May In 1'arls, but now It Ii penned let It remain. Talleyrand'! Memoirs In Century. |
