FOOTNOTES:
[C] "For if one has anything worth writing, it is really worth while to write it so it can be read."—Address at Barre.
[D] In another scrap of his reminiscences, he says: "The oldest political event of which I have any recollection is that of the quasi French War of 1798. This I remember only in connection with the family talk of the price of flour, which it was said would cost twenty dollars a barrel. As we used principally brown bread, this was of less consequence; although the price of Indian corn and meal was probably increased also."
[E] Mr. Hedge, with whom this was a favorite passage.