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Over it hung a portrait of Sir Walter Scott, a copy, I think, of the one that represents him in Melrose Abbey. Mr. Ticknor was most kind in his alacrity to solve the point on which Mr. Certainly, he is a fine example of a generous-principled scholar, anxious to assist the human intellect in its efforts and researches.

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.