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158 I sometimes repeat the remarks of persons I casually met, without noticing whether I accept or disagree with the statements they contain, or the spirit which appears to animate them unclear(struck out) because what I thought about the matter is of no consequence, while by reporting casually what I heard I enable often to form some idea of what unclear in the mind of the people I came in contact with. For this unclear I will report what a fellow passenger said to me one night on our way through the interminable forest in Alabama. I had several times during the day had some talk with the gentleman, & had been much struck with him interested in what he said. He was a handsome man a very noble-looking specimen of humanity; & his manners and ideas corresponded to his appearance. At night we were