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her a detailed account of her journey. She evidently had a fearful time although she went under the best auspices, but the fact is it is too long and trying a journey for a woman with children. I shall await anxiously more news from her for I am afraid they will be sick after so many trials.

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Sunday July 4. 1875. Bouyer, Thatcher, Fred Stedman and I went through the cement quarries yesterday with Ned Tomkins. Girard and his wife and baby came today. The Literary Club met here last night. Mr. Denniston read the "essay on the revision of the Bible" Mr. Blauvelt created no little interest by remarking that he thought this revision of the bible augured a melancholy state of affairs in that the best talent should be content with such trivial work because it was unable to cope with questions a failure to answer which threatened the very existence of Christianity. The clergymen are on the alert when Blauvelt speaks. I am much interested in him as our explorer and advanced thinker. He makes no secret of having put off his orthodoxy.

Wednesday 7. Fred Stedman went away today. Gertrude and I rode up to Kingston. On our return met Mr. Blauvelt and had a talk with him. He is wrapped up in his investigations on the subject of Christianity and I think is about to publish some advanced ideas. I have just finished John Stuart Mills book on "Liberty" and the "Subjection of Women" which has greatly interested me. I have not sufficiently cultivated the habit of thought on such serious subjects to enable me to discuss them but I get new ideas which are a help to me. Got up early this morning and spent an hour in the garden and after breakfast picked 36 quarts of cherries. Had a letter from Lucy tonight. All well and pleased with the country. If they only keep well they will be happier there than any where else. Pa came home last night. He is not very well. I think his affairs trouble him. They worry me but I fight against anxiety. The mornings are sad but towards night I feel more settled and hopeful, so much we are ruled by moods and circumstances.

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