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Maria: \"..A honra, desinteresse e firmeza de car\u00e1cter com que renunciastes a Cadeira de Lente Substituto da Faculdade de Medicina na Universidade de Coimbra, que vos tinheis ganho com o vosso estudo e saber devem servir de modelo\"; Justificando a impossibilidade de prestar qualquer ajuda diz: \"...Achando-me no ex\u00edlio e vivendo do Obolo dos meus amigos n\u00e3o tenho com que vos possa remunerar; \u00e9 provar quanto a vossa conducta he honroza, por\u00e9m, v\u00f3s deveis contar que eu repartirei convosco sempre, desse p\u00e3o de l\u00e1grimas que eu tiver, porque de hoje em diante, vos considero como hum membro da minha familia, e agora mais hum filho\". Estas palavras levaram a que o Dr. Gomes Abreu aceitasse o lugar de preceptor dos filhos de D. Miguel. 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