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Sewell Van Alstine diary, 1863-1864
Hope in the future, page 2
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119 What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation, that by communicating our grief to friends, we have less, and by communicating our pleasures, we have more Our sins like our shadows, when our day is in its glory scarce appear; towards our evening how great & monstrous. There is no true courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause. A great part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable. - alway do your duty by many or by few.
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119 What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation, that by communicating our grief to friends, we have less, and by communicating our pleasures, we have more Our sins like our shadows, when our day is in its glory scarce appear; towards our evening how great & monstrous. There is no true courage but in innocence; no constancy but in an honest cause. A great part of mankind employ their first years to make their last miserable. - alway do your duty by many or by few.
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