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  ...heads off in the end, be sure of it. "Alec," said he at last,--"you fetch me bundle of good sticks. Get them from the workshop." Alec brought them, and the sire continued,--"Now, just break one a-piece. There, that's right--now, try and break them altogether. No, no, my boys, you can't do that, nor can the world break you so long as you hold fast and well together. Disagree and separate, and nothing is more easy. If a year goes bad with one, let the others see to make it up. Live united, Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.   " So Thompson spake; such was the legacy he left to those who knew from his good precept and example how to profit by it. My friendship with his children has grown and ripened. They are thriving men. Alec has inherited the nature of his father more than any other son. All go smoothly on in life, paying little regard to the broils and contests of external life, but most attentive to the _in-door_ business. All, did I say?--I err. Exception must be made in favour of my excellent good...   Corneille, Pierre

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