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2 Baker that, if he writes you r? life, you may revenge it in the way Dr. Johnson threatened Boswell. But I could not refuse
the request of my friend, Mr Baker's employer, to give the latter an introduction to you. - This reminds me that, a number
of years ago, Mr S. S. McClure invited me to be your showman. Have I not title to your gratitude for refraining? And after
rejecting McClure's