...this, but if necessary I would swear eternal friendship to you. But I know you will not demand this. I know that you will believe me when I say that I love you and will love you as long as life shall last. My only fear is that you will cease to love...

...be, my chief apology is that, as our anniversary approached, I was in the throes of bringing out anew edition of the chief work of my life, ' Siluria.'...preserve the efficiency and augment the influence of the Royal Geographical Society. If, then, you should be pleased to adopt the recommendation of the Council,...

...my chief apology is that, as our anniversary approached, I was in the throes of bringing out a now edition of the chief work of my life, ' Siluria.'...me when I say that I have so loved Geography that Т have through life considered these two great branches of knowledge to be inseparably connected....

...distinguished honor that I have had the agreeable duty to perform of presiding over your deliberations. I know that you will believe me when I say that I appreciate from the very bottom of my heart your unfailing courtesy and indulgent forbearance from...

...of vain regrets. "I believe that you will receive this letter in the spirit in which it is written ; I know that you will believe me when I say that I have considered this matter for weeks. If I loved you, I 217 would go with you and live in the poorest place...

...truthfully say that he would accept such terms in entire good faith and without mental reservations, and yet I know that you will believe me when I say that I do." Once again, appealing to her vanity, he claimed, "I admire beyond measure your independence of...

...magnanimity to his friend. " It may be, and would appear to a third person, an incredible thing, but I know that you will believe me when I say that I am as anxious for your success as one human being can be for another's, — as much as if I had never...