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wife so vividly, that I pause and burst into tears,—and sometimes cannot rally again for hours.
And yet, my dear Eliza, in a few days, and we shall all be gone, and others sorrowing and rejoicing as we now do, will have taken our places: and we shall say, how childish it was for us to mourn for things so transitory.
There may be some consolation in this; but we are nevertheless children.
Our feelings overcome
Farewell. Give my kind regards to all, and believe me most truly and affectionately, your friend,
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