The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.
I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.
