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Ive been looking over cousins Laurie's fancy introduction, for
fancy it is. Only think, she says you've given liberty to
set forth your perfections and imperfections; but I fear this
could not be done in the short space of one letter, even if
long as this; though the perfections might be written on a
much smaller space!" Now isnt that frank, and highly
suggestive? Well I must confess I like you all the better
for that. I've a mortal horror of model people. I've known
a few intimately, but they were sort of human ice-
bergs! And I've made frequent voyages of discovery nay
rather in search of discovery in discoveries, but I never -
found their hearts! And finally come to the conclu-
sion that they had none. I've never seen their eyes
light up with the enthusiasm of joy, nor flash with the
lurid flames of anger, have never felt the sound
warmth of sympathy, nor the quickening fires of love
enkindled by their presence; precise, nice and decidedly
prim about them. Now such people always excite
my aversion; I feel all the "old Adam" within me
[perhaps I ought to say Eve but - crossed out] Eve perhaps I ought
to call it but I prefer laying the "original sin" to our
fore father, instead of our [fore] mother stirred up
and I am all ready for the commission of some
grieveous crime against or code of ettiquette, if
not against the immaculate decaloque. In short
their presence makes me feel wicked, and I want to
do something to shock them ["or fully"] just to see if
they have real human "nerves" and are not fanciful
automations.
But thanks to cousin Lauries] introduction