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THE AUTOCRAT'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
bound to say that he had uttered unwise things under that title, and if it shall appear that his unwisdom has not diminished by at least half while his years have doubled, he promises not to repeat the experiment if he should live to double them again and become his own grandfather.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.
Boston Nov. 1st 1858.
