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I consider this mark of your esteem the highest and most enviable literary distinction which I could possibly attain.
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The speaker says that this expression of the other person’s respect means more to them than any other literary honor they could receive. They regard it as the greatest and most desirable recognition possible, valuing personal esteem above other distinctions.
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- Project Gutenberg, Lives of the Founders of the British Museum
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