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The great merit of the very distinguished
{gentlemen crossed out} persons who have preceded me in the occu-
pancy of the chair of law, in this University
fills me with apprehensions of which I have never
been more sensible, than at the moment I began
to discharge its duties.

{crossed out text: Apologies, however, are vain and
promises useless }
But, as I cannot occupy your
time with vain apologies, or useless promises
I proceed at once to the subject which has called
us together.

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The great merit of the very [distinguished?]
{gentlemen crossed out} persons who have preceded me in the occu-
pancy of the chair of law, in this University
fills me with apprehensions of which I have never
been more sensible, than at the moment I [began?]
to discharge its duties.

{crossed out text: Apologies, however, are vain and
promises useless }
But, as I cannot occupy your
time with vain apologies, or useless promises
I proceed at once to the subject which has [called?]
us together.

The John M. Woolsey Collection of Legal Documents, University of Virginia School of Law Library Special Collections.

http://archives.law.virginia.edu/records/mss/78-6