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change either; but Lucy does not need her Society or notice and I hope she will be able to convince her of the fact. I wish Sam'l Furber had one of the good births in this region to make a fortune and live easy, which his abilities in the requisites for business would certainly ensure him when known, he will never I fear be appreciated in Bangor that little spot of overweening, overbearing, pretended aristocracy. Lizzie Doe has written me several times, she has been very homesick, has suffered from mosquitoes fleas, heat, and all sorts of discomforts, is not only entirely destitute of the garniture and accompaniments, but even of the least realities of civilization as respects comforts and conveniences, but says she has now a fair share of happiness all alone to herself. As to you you make no pretension of course to being in a civilized land, Your business is I suppose a lucrative one and subjects one to as few vexations and annoyances as any perhaps, but the sacrifice, by one calculated to appreciate them, of all the comforts and refinements of social life as a citizen and member of a community,- still more, of all the means of growing and importing good, is no small sacrifice, ought to be well remunerated, and not only this but it seems to me that an educated man so circumstanced must possess uncommon activity, elasticity of mind and elevation of purpose to maintain his ground; spiritually and socially, as well as intellectually especially when occupied so much in active exertion.. I believe it to be the