I Acknowledge Myself A Unitarian

Every Object Is Beautiful In Motion; A Ship Under Sail, Trees Gently Agitated With The Wind, And A Fine Woman Dancing, Are Three Instances In Point

You Cannot Know, Should I Discribe To You; The Feelings Of A Parent . . . . Four Years Have Already Past Away Since You Left Your Native Land, And This Rural Cottage-humble Indeed, When Compared To The Palaces You Have Visited, And The Pomp You Have Been Witness To. But I Dare Say You Have Not Been So Inattentive An Observer, As To Suppose That Sweet Peace, And Contentment, Cannot Inhabit The Lowly Roof, And Bless The Tranquil Inhabitants, Equally Guarded And Protected, In Person And Property, In This Happy Country, As Those Who Reside In The Most Elegant And Costly Dwellings.

These Are The Times In Which A Genius Would Wish To Live. It Is Not In The Still Calm Of Life, Or The Repose Of A Pacific Station, That Great Characters Are Formed. The Habits Of A Vigorous Mind Are Formed In Contending With Difficulties. Great Necessities Call Out Great Virtues. When A Mind Is Raised, And Animated By Scenes That Engage The Heart, Then Those Qualities Which Would Otherwise Lay Dormant, Wake Into Life And Form The Character Of The Hero And The Statesman.

I Desire You Would Remember The Ladies, And Be More Generous And Favourable To Them Than Your Ancestors. Do Not Put Such Unlimited Power Into The Hands Of The Husbands. Remember All Men Would Be Tyrants If They Could... That Your Sex Are Naturally Tyrannical Is A Truth So Thoroughly Established As To Admit Of No Dispute, But Such Of You As Wish To Be Happy Willingly Give Up The Harsh Title Of Master For The More Tender And Endearing One Of Friend.

How Difficult The Task To Quench The Fire And The Pride Of Private Ambition, And To Sacrifice Ourselves And All Our Hopes And Expectations To The Public Weal! How Few Have Souls Capable Of So Noble An Undertaking!