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'Tis Not The Practice Of Writers To Choose For Biography Men Who Have
Made No More Noise In The World Than Captain Winwood Has; Nor The Act
Of Gentlemen, In Ordinary Cases, To Publish Such Private Matters As
This Recital Will Present. But I Consider, On The One Hand, That
Winwood's History Contains As Much Of Interest, And As Good An Example
Of Manly Virtues, As Will Be Found In The Life Of Many A Hero More
Renowned; And, On The Other, That His Story Has Been So Partially
Known, And So Distorted, It Becomes Indeed The Duty Of A Gentleman,
When That Gentleman Was His Nearest Friend, To Put Forth That Story
Truly, And So Give The Lie For Ever To The Detractors Of A Brave And
Kindly Man.