Chesterfield Letter 161 (1766) [ Concepts ]
… The Qualifications of a Secretary of State. Every Man the Architect of his own Fortune. Blackheath, 26th Augt 1766 My Dear little Boy. Your French letter was … are too apt to be. You say that I laugh at you when I tell you that you may very probably in time be Secretary of State. No, I am very serious in saying that you may if you please, if you take the proper methods to be so. Writing well, …
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