I believe he is right, but experience might have taught him that not to print is
physically
impossible. No one has seen it but Hodgson and Mr. Gifford. I never in my life
read
a composition, save to Hodgson, as he pays me in kind. It is a horrible thing to do too frequently;—better print, and they who like may read, and if they don't like, you have the satisfaction of knowing that they have, at least,
purchased
the right of saying so.
I
declined presenting the Debtors' Petition