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Sewell Van Alstine diary, 1863-1864
Hope in the future, page 3
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120 When we record our angry feelings, let it be on the [?] that the first beam of sunshine may obliterate them for ever The mind is like a trunk; if well packed, it holds almost evrything; if ill packed, next to nothing. To ladies who wear exagerated hoop Remember how narrow are the gates of paradise. With double vigilance we should watch our actions, when we reflect that good & bad ones are never childless; & that, in both cases, the offspring goes beyond the parent - evry good one begetting a better, evry bad one a worse.
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120 When we record our angry feelings, let it be on the [?] that the first beam of sunshine may obliterate them for ever The mind is like a trunk; if well packed, it holds almost evrything; if ill packed, next to nothing. To ladies who wear exagerated hoop Remember how narrow are the gates of paradise. With double vigilance we should watch our actions, when we reflect that good & bad ones are never childless; & that, in both cases, the offspring goes beyond the parent - evry good one begetting a better, evry bad one a worse.
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