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Rh aggravated colours, the realization of the much-dreaded event, involving the total destruction of his most cherished hopes and projects, as well as a breach of filial respect and duty towards a parent always desirous of bestowing upon his son every advantage in his power, it is not surprising, in the depth of injured and wounded self-love, that his unhappy son became for ever alienated from his place in his affections, and that the rigour of his resentment never ceased to manifest itself, even to the latest period of his existence.