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He says that I am indignant, and sent the accounts too soon; he confesses that he has
not this sum entered in his book of money received and expended; but he asserts that it
does occur in his memoranda. Are you then so fond of yourself, have you such a
magnificent opinion of yourself, as to ask for money from us on the strength, not of
your account-books, but of your memoranda? To read one's account-books instead of
producing witnesses, is a piece of arrogance; but is it not insanity to produce mere
notes of writings and scraps of paper?
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