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afterwards raised in the Court of Session, in the celebrated case against the Scotsman.
So you see gentle reader, that my life has been a chequered one, and that I have not acquired my greatness without labour, annoyance, patience, and perseverance. Still, the man,
Who noble ends by noble means obtains,
Or, failing, smiles in exile or in chains;
Like great Aurelius, let him reign or bleed,
Like Socrates, that man is great indeed."
And now, having detained you perhaps too long with the various scenes of my pilgrimage, I must make my exit, feeling, like Pope, "how difficult it is to speak of ones self with decency," and as the curtain gently falls, imagine yourself in front of the County Buildings, Paisley, while the splendid band of the Renfrewshire Militia, plays
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
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