My heart is full and I would say a great deal more.

Truly, a new life has opened to me, and to turn backward would be death.

Not suddenly has it undergone this change, but it has come to that crisis where my decision must be made; hence am I forced to write this letter.

For its answer I shall wait with intense anxiety.

Hoping you will write soon, my love to all .-- ISAAC." The next letter, though addressed to his brothers, was apparently intended for the whole family, and begins with more than Isaac's customary abruptness: "Chelsea, December 28, 1842 .-- I will open my mind so that you can have the materials to judge from as well as myself.