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Wellington 11th. October 1871 My dear Father, I feel that I have now come to a time of life that I ought to be doing something with a view to my future prospects in life. I am fully aware that the Judge holds forth a great opportunity and advantage to me, if my inclination and desire was that I should follow the law as a profession, but such is not my inclination or wish. If I did not follow the Bar as a profession, going into the Judge's office should be of little advantage to me in future life. My desire is that I should go into a Merchant's office, not necessarily in Wellington, though I should prefer it, and there acquire business habits, a knowledge of business especially that connected with the management of Station affairs. I should at the same time go on with my studies with zeal, and in earnest, picking up such knowledge as would be of use to me hereafter, in, perhaps, public affairs, though such is not the bent of my inclination, or wish. Bookkeeping I should also wish to acquire. I am fully cognisant of the good opporportunities which I will have for the next few years, according to the schemes laid down for my future; and that I would have myself to blame did I not profit, or try to profit by them; and I trust that I shall feel always thankful for the same. My disinclination for the Law is on many accounts; but I do not in the least take a dislike to it because I happen to know before-hand that it will entail much work on me. I do not wish to shirk from this in the least, and do not see how I could get on in any sphere of life unless I did work, and trust that I shall henceforth, as soon as arrangements are made, continue to work with perseverance at whatever I may have to do; and feel that I have already lost much time, and have myself to blame in a great measure for it, and trust that I shall in some measure be able to make up for it. (Signed) Douglas McLean.
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3 pages written 11 Oct 1871 by Sir Robert Donald Douglas Maclean in Wellington, Inward family correspondence - Douglas Maclean (son)

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Document date 11 October 1871
Document MCLEAN-1017638
Document title 3 pages written 11 Oct 1871 by Sir Robert Donald Douglas Maclean in Wellington
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution ATL
Author 86537/Maclean, Robert Donald Douglas (Sir), 1852-1929
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1871-10-11
Decade 1870s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin ATL
Entityid 26
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 11 Oct 1871 by Sir Robert Donald Douglas Maclean in Wellington
Iwihapu Unknown
Language English
Name 86537/Maclean, Robert Donald Douglas (Sir), 1852-1929
Origin 66393/Wellington
Place 66393/Wellington
Recipient Unknown
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 9 Inwards family letters
Sortorder 0480-0095
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 112
Tapuhiitemcount 2 1204
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Letters written from Auckland, Wellington and Hawke's Bay
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 86537/Maclean, Robert Donald Douglas (Sir), 1852-1929
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0820
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 9 Inwards family letters
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 642733/Sons
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward family correspondence - Douglas Maclean (son)
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 9 Inwards family letters
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0726-20
Teipb 1
Teiref ms-1347-183
Year 1871

3 pages written 11 Oct 1871 by Sir Robert Donald Douglas Maclean in Wellington Inward family correspondence - Douglas Maclean (son)

3 pages written 11 Oct 1871 by Sir Robert Donald Douglas Maclean in Wellington Inward family correspondence - Douglas Maclean (son)

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