T is seldom pleasant to tell 

 on one's self, but sometimes 

 ^^^ it is a sort of relief to a 



C^^^^-^'.-^ man to make a confession. I 

 wish to unburden my mind now, and 

 j-et I almost believe that I am moved to 

 do it more because I long to bring cen- 

 sure upon another man than because I 

 desire to pour balm upon my wounded 

 heart. (I don't know what balm is, but I 

 believe it is the correct expression to use 

 in this connection — never having seen 

 any balm.) You may remember that I 

 lectured in Newark lately for the young 



gentlemen of the Society.? I did 



at any rate. During the afternoon of that 

 day I was talking with one of the young 

 gentlemen just referred to, and he said he 

 had an uncle who, from some cause or 

 other, seemed to have grown permanently bereft of all emotion. And with 

 tears in his eyes, this young man said, " Oh, if I could only see him laugh 



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