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  ...he wrote to Mrs. Thrale ten weeks after the death of her only surviving son (_Piozzi Letters_, i. 341). 'Even to think in the most reasonable manner,' he said at another time, 'is for the present not useful as not to think.' _Ib_ i. 202. When Mr. Thrale died, he wrote to his widow:--'I think business the best remedy for grief, as soon as it can be admitted.' _Ib_. ii 197. To Dr. Taylor Johnson wrote:--'Sadness only multiplies self.' _Notes and Queries_, 6th S., v. 461.
[398] There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved. nor will by me at least be thought worthy of esteem.' _Piozzi Letters_, ii. 198. Against this Baretti has written in the margin:-- 'Johnson never grieved much for anything. His trade was wisdom.' See _ante_, ii. 94.
[399] See _ante_, iii 19. Mr. Croker gives a reference to p. 136 of his edition. Turning to it we find an account of Johnson, who rode upon three horses. It would seem from this that, because John=Jack, therefore Johnson=Jackson.
[400] Mr. Croker remarks on...   Johnson, Samuel

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