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ation and compare it with myself; but still I love the affec- 

 tion that does so misrepresent me and would not lose it for 

 worlds. 



I have been reading a good deal about the doctrine of 

 original sin and the being born again, and I am puzzled. If 

 we are incapable of the least effort of ourselves, and must 

 owe every good thought to the inspiration of God, it seems 

 to put good and evil out of our own power. Is this Calvin- 

 ism ? This is Mrs Toilet's doctrine, and I believe that of 

 most of the evangelical clergy. . . . 



