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24 Nov 1878
My dear Leighton
Let me add one voice more, small but true, to the great chorus of applause with which your Election has been greeted. It might seem left handed praise to say that your Election was the only possible one, but it is very true praise to say it was the only possible one if the highest interests of English Art and the Academy itself were the sole objects of the Electors.
It would have pleased and touched you to hear Mr Boxall speak of it. I draw with him alone on Friday and he was just and generous as he always is in his appreciation of you and looked forward to your reign as likely to be one of high aims and noble motives. It is a small thing to say but I venture to agree with him.
Ever sincerely yours
Coleridge
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