t evinced their character, and also her grandeur and nobility of soul:--
"I have endeavoured to solve, honorably, conscientiously and judiciously,
the greatest problem of human life; and God and the holy angels have assisted
me in thus solving. Friends may forsake me, and the world prove false, but the
sweet assurance that I have your most devoted love, and that that love will
strengthen and increase in proportion as the regard of others may diminish,
is the only return I ask."
What vows I uttered in the secret chambers of my heart as I read the above
and similar passages of that letter, let the reader imagine who may be disposed
to credit me with the least aptitude of appreciating whatsoever in human nature
is grand and noble, or in the human spirit, which is lovely, and true, and beautiful,
and of good report.
Throughout the letter there was also a tone of gentle sadness--not that of
regret for the course in contemplation,--but that which holily lingers around
a loving heart, which, whi
