Would that I were wholly free from that same Evil Spirit which tempted those persons in ancient times.
The Spirit of Truth must have dominion in the mind in order to attain a state of happiness.
* * * * * Resolves and resolves fill up my time.

I resolve at night to do better on the morrow, and when the morrow comes and I mingle with my companions all the resolutions are obliterated....

In the afternoon of Seventh day Deborah accompanied the scholars to Town and visited the Academy of Arts and Sciences; beautiful indeed was the sight.

Nature, how bounteous and varied are thy works! On beholding the splendid scene I was ready to exclaim, "O, Miracle of Miracles," with the celebrated Naturalist when speaking of the metamorphoses of insects.
Her eyes troubled her then, as all through life, and in grieving over it she says: "Often does their non-conformance mortify this frail heart when attempting to read in class....

I arose at half-past five this morning.