God visited me with suffering once; He has brought me through, and I have never ceased to thank Him for it; and He will bring you through, too, dear friend, I know.

'Pro jucundis aptissima quaeque dabunt di; carior est illis homo quam sibi.' That thought has left me patient, if not glad, in many a bitter hour....

You are never out of my thoughts." And this letter leads me naturally to the second great principle that pervaded all his writings--"the education of individuals." "One is inclined to believe that there is a great deal of hopeless irremediable suffering in the world--suffering of a kind that seems wantonly inflicted, purposeless anguish....

That 'regret must hurt and may not heal' is a terrible thought, which, when we get our first glimpse of human anguish, seems almost sickeningly true.

But I have seen a great deal lately of such suffering, and it amazes me to discover how _extraordinarily_ rare it is to find the victim taking this view of his case.