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and I do not just feel like being turned aside so easily, it would show weakness in my character. i do not interpret your letter, as a desire to be released. The thing for us to do is to pray much about the matter. We are old enough ourselves to know a thing or two. The [[?]] of a grand lecture on the subject: Webster Irving and Mrs. Browning as as models for student. The thought the lecturer brought out concerning Mrs. Browning, was that she did not marry until

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