In the first place, you know, I am traveling in Europe on funds supplied by my congregation, who kindly offered me a vacation and an opportunity to enrich my mind with the treasures of nature and art in the Old World.

I feel, therefore, as if I ought to use my time to the very best advantage.

I have a high sense of responsibility.

You appear to care only for the pleasure of the hour, and you give yourself up to it with a violence which I confess I am not able to emulate.

I feel as if I must arrive at some conclusion and fix my belief on certain points.