1Jefferson Phelps to Thomas Jefferson, 15 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am urged by the compelling hand of necessity to submit to a course which my sense of dignity will not justify, a course which perhaps cannot be justified by a true sense of propriety; but it is one which, if it should meet with your approbation will greatly contribute to interest my interest, although it is not consonant to that dignity which is generally considered the most laudable &...