− | … “I have ever striven to be an honest man, and I {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB underlined|never condescended to write an anonymous letter}}, or to make charges ''sotto voce'' against anyone. What I say I can prove:<ref>{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|Except in the case of anonymous and infamous letters sent to a poor lady at Geneva, traced to him (D. D. Home) and for which an English officer, a friend of Prince Wittgenstein went to flog him. His behaviour was so cowardly that the officer left in disgust, “without even whipping him a little” adds the Prince who wrote the facts to Col. Olcott.}}</ref> I sign my name. Sign yours!” | + | … “I have ever striven to be an honest man, and I {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB underlined|never condescended to write an anonymous letter}}, or to make charges ''sotto voce'' against anyone. What I say I can prove: {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|*}} I sign my name. Sign yours!” |
| + | {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|<nowiki>*</nowiki> Except in the case of anonymous and infamous letters sent to a poor lady at Geneva, traced to him (D. D. Home) and for which an English officer, a friend of Prince Wittgenstein went to flog him. His behaviour was so cowardly that the officer left in disgust, “without even whipping him a little” adds the Prince who wrote the facts to Col. Olcott.}} |