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Life of Johnson, Volume 5

Note 1061 — WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.

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'A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth: he will always love it better than inquiry; and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.' Johnson's Works, ix. 116. See ante, ii. 311.

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