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TO HER BROTHER, A. B. F.
_Providence, Feb_. 19, 1888
MY DEAR A.:
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I wish you could see the journals of two dear little girls, eleven
years old, in my school. They love one another like Bessie Bell and
Mary Gray in the ballad. They are just of a size, both lively as
birds, affectionate, gentle, ambitious in good works and knowledge.
They encourage one another constantly to do right; they are rivals,
but never jealous of one another. One has the quicker intellect, the
other is the prettier. I have never had occasion to find fault with
either, and the forwardness of their minds has induced me to take both
into my reading-class, where they are associated with girls many years
their elders. Particular pains do they take with their journals. These
are written daily, in a beautiful, fair, round hand, well-composed,
showing attention, and memory well-trained, with many pleasing sallies
of playfulness, and some very interesting thoughts.
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TO THE SAME.
_Jamaica Plain, Dec_. 20, 1840.
* * * * About your school I do not think I could give you much advice
which would be of value, unless I could know your position more in
detail.
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