"...more so than might be expected in one who was premature in everything, and had exhausted the stock of human folly at an age when it is usually found unbroken. All his deceptions, his prevarications, his political tergiversation, etc., were such as should have been looked for in men of an advanced age, hardened by evil associations, and soured by disappointed pride or avarice."
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