So it is with great regret, after long soul-searching, that I must inform you that I cannot in good conscience support your decision to pardon former President [Richard] Nixon even before he has been charged with the commission of any crime.

We have all sorts of evidence which incriminates you.

to misdevote one's energies to a thankless task

This first electric railway under London has thus now become an integral part of the ramified tube system of the Metropolis.