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as far as health permits in fact lives a strata or two above the earth. Another friend of mine, doesn't seem to have any creed unless it is to doubt every thing. She used to belong to a Baptist Church but thinks now that Gerrit Smith's Religion of Reason is about as near right as any thing. It is pleasant to have such a variety in ones friends, but it's a little puzzling. I'll confess that there is much in this world that is worth seeking for, and that my heart covets.. To give these things just enough time just enough thought just enough of ones heart and not too much, is not easy. The brightest and best of this earth cannot fill ones heart Jesus only can. [[I think]] I feel something like Bunyan's [[Pilgrims]] when they passed through [[Vanity]] Fair, though I am afraid I have [[not]] their steadiness of purpose.
a strata or two above the earth. Another
      Do you ever feel this pulled about such reaching after two things, which you are not sure you can possess at once? Can't one be just as selfish in cultivating their mental powers, in gratifying taste and feeling, as in gratifying the animal nature? I believe all good things can become snares to me, and just how I am afraid of everything.
friend of mine, doesn't seem to have  
    I've been looking over this letter, I don't know as there is any thing in it, but I hope it will say to you that you
any creed unless it is to doubt every thing.
 
She used to belong to a Baptist Church
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but thinks now that Gerrit Smith's Religion
of Reason is about as near right as any
thing. It is pleasant to have such a variety
in her friends, but it's a little puzzling. I'll
confess that there is much in this world
that is worth seeking for, and that my heart
covets to give these things just enough time
and not too much, is not easy. The brightest
and best of this earth cannot fill ones heart
Jesus only can. [[unclear]] I feel something
like Bunyan [[unclear]] when they passed
through [[unclear]] Fair, though I am afraid
I have [[unclear]] their steadiness of purpose.
Do you ever feel this [[frilled??]] about
such reaching after two things, which you
are not sure you can possess at once?
Can't one be just as selfish in cultivating
their mental powers, in gratifying taste
and feeling, as in gratifying the animal
nature? I believe all good things can
become snares to me, and just how I am
afraid of every thing.
I've been looking over this letter,
I don't know as there is any thing in
it, but I hope it will say to you that you

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as far as health permits in fact lives a strata or two above the earth. Another friend of mine, doesn't seem to have any creed unless it is to doubt every thing. She used to belong to a Baptist Church but thinks now that Gerrit Smith's Religion of Reason is about as near right as any thing. It is pleasant to have such a variety in ones friends, but it's a little puzzling. I'll confess that there is much in this world that is worth seeking for, and that my heart covets.. To give these things just enough time just enough thought just enough of ones heart and not too much, is not easy. The brightest and best of this earth cannot fill ones heart Jesus only can. I think I feel something like Bunyan's Pilgrims when they passed through Vanity Fair, though I am afraid I have not their steadiness of purpose.

     Do you ever feel this pulled about such reaching after two things, which you are not sure you can possess at once? Can't one be just as selfish in cultivating their mental powers, in gratifying taste and feeling, as in gratifying the animal nature? I believe all good things can become snares to me, and just how I am afraid of everything.
    I've been looking over this letter, I don't know as there is any thing in it, but I hope it will say to you that you

A piece of the envelope is stuck to this page, covering some words.