I saw you in a dream last night, surrounded by a thousand dangers.

As fast as you got out of some trouble, you fell into a worse, and after I had given you up for lost, you were rescued from the fangs of a tiger by a mere lad, who led you back to Charlotte, and joined your hands.' "He told this with such earnestness, that I, who was no believer in signs and omens, laughed outright.
"He looked serious--almost offended.
"'You forget,' he said, 'that when man draws near his end, God often opens the eyes of the soul, and reveals not only what is, but what shall be.

Oh, Philip, you who are so eager to win the affections of a timid girl, how can you be so indifferent to the love of God ?' "'Nervous debility has rendered you superstitious, Cornelius.

I have no faith in the religious cant of the present day, in priests or priestcraft.' "This was my case two years ago.

I was young and strong then.