Date: 1787
"They converse not, they open not their mouths, they are silent, but they engrave their principles on the heart in indelible characters, instead of inconsistently crowding them on the memory."
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Date: 1792
"Every thing encourages me on your account, while my own soul, tormented by an unlucky passion, has entirely lost its balance."
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