[42 — To John Hanson]
Trin. Coll. Cambridge, Dec. 4, 1805.
Sir, — In charging you with downright
Duplicity
I wronged you, nor do I hesitate to atone for an Injury which I feel I have committed, or add to my Fault by the Vindication of an expression dictated by Resentment, an
expression
which deserves Censure, and demands the apology I now offer; for I think that Disposition indeed
mean
which adds Obstinacy to Insult, by attempting the Palliation of unmerited Invective from the mistaken principle of disdaining the Avowal of even