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desire, or am at present even disposed in any Degree to make a Part of it, you would understand beyond my Meaning. My -- Meaning is this. Government is my Principle, I wish always to uphold Government, that I have not yet seen an Administration with which I could personally take part. I thought Sr. Robert Walpole a Great Minister, and a Great Man in many Respects. I thought him such while he was Minister, and tho' I know his Faults to this country, Yet I respect his Memory upon some Accounts, and love his Memory upon others. But neither the Objects, the Means, nor the Language of Sr. Robt. Walpole were respectable enough to engage me then to connect with him. Lord Granville's Objects I liked, with some Restrictions, But his ^ [[addition]] means I [[/addition]] never could see, and his language I never approved.~ The Objects of the Pelham Administration I take to be right, not that I think they do what is absolutely best for England. (and I have told them so) But I believe They mean the best, and do the best that is practicable in this Conjuncture. Their Means should be better, may be so. Their language is decent and Right.~ If then I were now just entering into the World, believing of Opposition, what I know of it now, I should most probably pin my Faith upon this Administration, and desire to connect with them as nearly as they would. But the Case is different I am not just now entering into the world, I must look to the past, as well as the future, and perhaps my Prospect forwards is the shortest View. And therefore (tho' my Weight and my Assistance, such as they are) shall never be kept back when they are wanted truly in the publick Seale) I must consult my own personal Dignity, in my personal Conduct And that Dignity can not be given me by all that the power of an Administration, or a King can give. It must arise from [[catchword]] my- [[/catchword]]