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1680-1683. LA SALLE PAINTED BY HIMSELF. Difficulty of knowing him; his Detractors; his Letters; vexations of his Position; his Unfitness for Trade; risks Of Correspondence; his Reported Marriage; alleged Ostentation; motives of Action; charges of Harshness; intrigues against him; unpopular Manners; a Strange Confession; his Strength and his Weakness; contrasts of his Character. We have seen La Salle in his acts. While he crosses the sea, let us look at him in himself. Few men knew him,…