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of Reason is about as near right as any | of Reason is about as near right as any | ||
thing. It is pleasant to have such a variety | thing. It is pleasant to have such a variety | ||
in | in ones friends, but it's a little puzzling. I'll | ||
confess that there is much in this world | confess that there is much in this world | ||
that is worth seeking for, and that my heart | that is worth seeking for, and that my heart | ||
covets | covets.. To give these things just enough time | ||
just enough thought just enough of one heart | |||
and not too much, is not easy. The brightest | and not too much, is not easy. The brightest | ||
and best of this earth cannot fill ones heart | and best of this earth cannot fill ones heart | ||
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through [[unclear]] Fair, though I am afraid | through [[unclear]] Fair, though I am afraid | ||
I have [[unclear]] their steadiness of purpose. | I have [[unclear]] their steadiness of purpose. | ||
Do you ever feel this [[frilled??]] about | Do you ever feel this [[frilled??]] about | ||
such reaching after two things, which you | such reaching after two things, which you | ||
are not sure you can possess at once? | are not sure you can possess at once? | ||
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nature? I believe all good things can | nature? I believe all good things can | ||
become snares to me, and just how I am | become snares to me, and just how I am | ||
afraid of | afraid of everything. | ||
I've been looking over this letter, | I've been looking over this letter, | ||
I don't know as there is any thing in | I don't know as there is any thing in | ||
it, but I hope it will say to you that you | it, but I hope it will say to you that you | ||
Revision as of 07:42, 26 April 2019
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 one heart 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 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