"
His last letter to me was as solemn as death itself, but he could not
omit an instance of his habit:
"The doctors tell me that I have water around my heart, but I know it
isn't so, for I have drank nothing but beer for six months."
This paragraph was commenced for the purpose of citing another instance
of his quality. In our office was a volume of my treatise on the
Excise and Internal Revenue Laws of the United States. Many years
after Griffin's death I found this entry on the fly-leaf of the volume:
"DEDICATION
"To the memory of Caesar Augustus in whose reign there went forth the
decree that all the world should be taxed, this book is respectfully
dedicated by the AUTHOR."]
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