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amiable Painter Himself – I fear like myself too much of an Invalide to be comfortably & successfully busy on works that require much mental Exertion - & the worst of Maladies to a Mind naturally active is to be reduced to Inactivity —

Many Thanks to you for what you so kindly & sensibly suggest in regard to the little scholar whose future destiny I wish to be as free from Thorns as the chances of human life will allow – I will do what I can to shield Him from Mortification & I trust his own good understanding & active Spirit will lead him to make a Figure in that beneficent Profession where an accomplished Mind & a tender Heart