My Heart Swelled With Uncontrollable Delight.

. . .nature Indifferently Copied Is Far Superior To The Best Idealities.

Because My Father Was Often Absent On Naval Duty, My Mother Suffered Me To Do Much As I Pleased

There Is The Morass, Wherein You Plunge Up To Your Knees, Or The Walking Over The Stubborn, Dwarfish Shrubbery, Whereby One Treads Down The Forests Of Labrador; And The Unexpected Bunting Or Sylvia Which Perchance, And Indeed As If By Chance Alone, You Now And Then See Flying Before You, Or Hear Singing From The Ground Creeping Plant.

Mathematics Was Hard, Dull Work, I Thought; Geography Pleased Me More. For My Other Studies, As Well As For Dancing, I Was Quite Enthusiastic.

After All, I Long To Be In America Again, Nay, If I Can Go Home To Return No More To Europe, It Seems To Me That I Shall Ever Enjoy More Peace Of Mind, And Even Physical Comfort Than I Can Meet With In Any Portion Of The World Beside.