I will assume that I am fairly free for this day, at least. I have no measure associated particularly with my name and have only my ordinary correspondence. If my constituency is an important one, I have some fifty or a hundred letters to answer daily. If my division is obscure, I shall still have about a dozen, and each of these epistles must be read and studied and carefully answered. If I had any claims to the title of a I must have a private secretary to assist me. But in this event I must use discretion. My other self must only reply to comparative outsiders. If I instruct him to answer the wrong people, I may get myself into trouble. Constituents are usually and the reputation for the lack of courtesy is frequently the precursor of a sad dearth of votes. Then I must consider the advisability of using in lieu of my own. If my correspondent is in any sense a personal friend, it is better to reply from my private address. If he who writes is only a casual acquaintance or one of the public, I should let my note be headed with in embossed characters; the latter superscription conveys the impression that the writer is, so to speak, tied chronically by the leg to .

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I assume that as a speaker in the House I have been a failure, and am, therefore, not much in request at public meetings. Under such circumstances, I shall be free to attend committees, and I may be sure that my availability (if I may be permitted to use the word) will not be ignored by those in authority.