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 598 APPENDIX A. pit for another and fell into it himself ; the engineer who was hoisted with his own petard ; the prophet who set out with the intention of cursing, and finished by blessing j and now Sir George Birdwood him- self, presents examples of the danger a man incurs by basing his actions on purely personal sentiments. Sir George Birdwood started to convict me of error : he has simply convicted himself of that which is worse than mere error. G. B. Malleson, London, March 16, 1893.