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The language of resentment is generally more violent than the occasion demands, and he who uses it, is of all mankind the least qualified to judge impartially of its propriety; but those who suffer deeply, will express themselves strongly; those who have been cruelly attacked, will use the means of resistance which are within their reach; and observations, which appear to a general observer, bitter, and acrimonious, may perhaps wear another character to him who is acquainted with the circumstances which occasioned them.