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No one can understand in what
mental pain I pass the weary

how I yearn for a love wh.
the dearest & truest friendship
can never supply.

I do not wish to dwell
unavailingly upon my own
peculiar sorrow – Every day
renders me more sensible
of the extent of my loss &
of that blank wh. no time
can ever supply –
I must I assure you that with
one sad exception any thing shall
for me wish the same care & attention
as that beloved object of our
exertions were still present to
gladden us with his approval
and his constant & unwavering
devotion & one very present