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I don't believe that I shall even be in love! First because I do not believe that every one is capable of feeling a high, pure, disinterested affection. I believe a certain number of people are capable of feeling it; that a small number of people do feel it; + that a very very small number of people are loved in return in an equal degree. - Therefor as the number is so exceedingly small, it is highly improbable that I shall be an exception to the general rules. - I believe that true love is founded in mutual esteem, confidence, similarity- of tastes + strong sympathies. It is certainly the only kind that can last! I believe that if a girl can feel all this for an honorable, upright, God-fearing man, she should marry him, + that whether the rest of her life be happy or unhappy, she will never have to wish her = - self unmarried. But I think it is better for any one to scrub floors, than to marry for any other motive. - I don't think I am capable of feeling a very violent affection for anyone; it must be very disagreeable to be