It has been, and is, and probably will always be a heavy misfortune to me, that I have had no necessary business to engage me, no profession to give me employment, or afford me any thing like independence.

But unfortunately my own nicety, and the nicety of my friends, have made me what I am, an idle, helpless being.

We never could agree in our choice of a profession.

I always preferred the church, as I still do.

But that was not smart enough for my family.
They recommended the army.