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

[have]

declined presenting the Debtors' Petition