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COMMENT AND REVIEW

me sincere in my profound thanks, and that with the highest appreciation of all your intended kindness, I hope I may submit, without offense, how impossible it is for me to accept the honors which you propose and which you and others so bountifully mean to shower upon me.

I am, dear Governor, I assure you, under a mountain of obligation, and remain,

Most sincerely yours,

Lloyd Mifflin.

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.


December 25, 1911.

Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Philadelphia, Pa.

My dear Governor:

Of course I do not expect that you remember me, but I had the pleasure of meeting you here and at Harrisburg.

It seems to be that a public official who has served the commonwealth wisely and conscientiously as you have, must feel a rankling and resentment at the unjust ridicule and criticism that has been your share to suffer.

The late Judge Searle of Montrose told me the last time I ever saw him alive that in fifty years Pennypacker would be regarded as the greatest of our governors.

I am not asking for anything, not even a reply, but think it more fitting, at this season, to express to you my appreciation of your services as an official and citizen, than to eulogize you after your death.

Sincerely,

Edward B. Farr.
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