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LETTER342

CHARLESLAMBTOBERNARDBARTON

[P.M.24March，1824.]

DEARB.B.—Ihastentosaythatifmyopinioncanstrengthenyouinyourchoice，itisdecisiveforyouracceptanceofwhathasbeensohandsomelyoffered.Icanseenothinginjurioustoyourmosthonourablesense.ThinkthatyouarecalledtoapoeticalMinistry—nothingworse—theMinisterisworthyofthehire.

TheonlyobjectionIfeelisfoundedonafearthattheacceptancemaybeatemptationtoyoutoletfallthebone（hardasitis）whichisinyourmouthandmustaffordtolerablepickings，fortheshadowofindependence.Youcannotproposetobeeindependentonwhatthelowstateofinterestcouldaffordyoufromsuchaprincipalasyoumention;andthemostgracefulexcusefortheacceptance，wouldbe，thatitleftyoufreetoyourvoluntaryfunctions.Thatisthelesslightpartofthescruple.Ithasnodarkershade.Iputindarker，becauseoftheambiguityofthewordlight，whichDonneinhisadmirablepoemontheMetempsychosis，hassoingeniouslyillustratedinhisinvocation

1212Makemydarkheavypoem，lightandlight—

wherethetwosensesoflightareopposedtodifferentopposites.Atriflingcriticis—Icanseenoreasonforanyscruplethenbutwhatarisesfromyourowninterest;whichisinyourownpowerofcoursetosolve.Ifyoustillhavedoubts，readoverSandersonsCasesofConscience，andJeremyTaylorsDuctorDubitantium，thefirstamoderateOctavo，thelatterafolioof900closepages，andwhenyouhavethoroughlydigestedtheadmirablereasonsproandconwhichtheygiveforeverypossibleCase，youwillbe—justaswiseaswhenyoubegan.EverymanishisownbestCasuist;andafterall，asEphraimSmooth，inthepleasantedyofWildOats，hasit，"thereisnoharminaGuinea."Afortiorithereislessin2000.

Ithereforemostsincerelycongratulatewithyou，exceptingsofarasexceptedabove.IfyouhavefairProspectsofaddingtothePrincipal，cuttheBank;butineithercasedonotrefuseanhonestService.Yourhearttellsyouitisnotofferedtobribeyoufromanyduty，buttoadutywhichyoufeeltobeyourvocation.FarewellheartilyC.L.

[InthememoirofBartonbyEdwardFitzGerald，prefixedtothePoemsandLetters，itisstatedthatinthisyearBartonreceivedahandsomeadditiontohisine."AfewmembersofhisSociety，includingsomeofthewealthierofhisownfamily，raised￡1200amongthemforhisbenefit[not2000guineas，asLambsays].Itseemsthathefeltsomedelicacyatfirstinacceptingthismunificenttestimonywhichhisownpeopleofferedtohistalents."BirtonhadwrittentoLambonthesubject.]

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