Autumn leaves . ningan example of a purely negative quantity, hithertoimagined, indeed, by mathematicians, but not actu-ally exemplified before. Your position is certainlya happy one, since you can cut a figure withoutexciting envy, because that figure is a cipher. Yourname, in consequence, has fortunately not beenmixed up in the newspapers with those of pill-makers, pickpockets, great criminals, little politi-cians, philanthropists on a small scale, defaulters ona large one, and all the quacks, hacks, and dealersin everlasting clacks about blacks, to which may beadded, by w^ay of postscript,
Autumn leaves . ningan example of a purely negative quantity, hithertoimagined, indeed, by mathematicians, but not actu-ally exemplified before. Your position is certainlya happy one, since you can cut a figure withoutexciting envy, because that figure is a cipher. Yourname, in consequence, has fortunately not beenmixed up in the newspapers with those of pill-makers, pickpockets, great criminals, little politi-cians, philanthropists on a small scale, defaulters ona large one, and all the quacks, hacks, and dealersin everlasting clacks about blacks, to which may beadded, by w^ay of postscript, distinguished actors onthe stage, and unpitied sufferers in pits and boxes, in- 234 AUTUMN LEAVES. ventors of fancy shirts for those who can buy them,and verbose preachers of patience and enduranceto those who cannot, but are obhged by poverty tomake shifts for themselves. With sincere congratulations on your insig-nificance, I am. Sir, your unknown correspondent,and intend always to remain so, Frank JESTS AND JESTING.
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