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Anna dear, Jennie says of you- "she feels quite discouraged because she does not get along faster," referring to your music. Why is this, darling? Does one effort sometimes seem to you almost futile? if it is not quite, you have reason to rejoice, and even if it is, a second one, if made, is often more successful. But I did not intend to write you a lesson of perseverance. you are not much lacking in that, if you are as Anna used to be. If I knew how, I should love to write something to cheer you, I can assure you of my sympathy.-- I am becoming more and more convinced that I know but very little, and sometimes, when I have failed to accomplish as much as I expected, I feel as though I had