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fcmiled pleasantly , and drawing his blanket closely around him , exclaimed , ^ Well ! I thank my God , that they are now sitting by a fir § . " And with these thoughts did he sustain himself , crucifying
all his desires , for a year . If any one had watched him closely throughput this time , it would have been said that the symptpn ^ s of insani ty , which first developed themselves at Dr R-t— 's , every day were becoming more apparent . Too much stu ^ ly , if not too much learning , had made this poor disciple mad . His sensitive mind , fearfully acted upon as it was , by
" Solitude , pain of heart , distress and poverty , " had given way beneath these repeated inflictions ; for though he still looked forward and was strong in hope , his present was very cheerless—cold , hunger , and watching , combined with incessant intellectual exertion , had proved too strong for his reason to bear up against , and it tottered—it did not fall , for its hgpe sustained it ; he thought of his mother and his sifter , a # d thes § thoughts y ( ere for a time his salvation .
Fpr % time—alas ! that he should not have abided * n this pheeijmg faith to the end of his days ; but it happened that one cfoy he y (<\ & seized with a desire of visiting his long-deserteol iioocje , ftijd of embracing his mother and his sister . It was Christ-^ np-tim § , § x \ d he thought that he might afford himself $ n holiday ; so be started—upon foot be it remembered—for
Exeter , which was the home of his fathers . As he went along he pictured to himself his own delight and that of his grateful relatives , upon finding themselves once again in the presence of each Qther , after so painful and so protracted a separation . He anticipated , with pleasant feelings of self-congratulation , their joy and their-thanksgivings , their praises and their pride . lie had not forewarned them of his coming , for it w $ s his desire
* ' to give them a surprise ; " and as he trudged , with brisk steps , along the hard , dry roads , the keen frosty air bracing his related frame , his mind , full of hope , seemed to sympathize with Jus body and was braced also , the anticipation of delight acting upon it with an invigorating freshness ; and ere he reached the confines of his native county he was a new m » n—ra f gian , $ refreshed ; ' but it would have been better for him if he had
died by the way-side ere he passed the borders ( of tjmt county . 1 $ w ^ s f ven in g when the weary pedestrian traversed thfi nwlew street which led to Ins little homestead . With a bpating heart and a noiseless step he crossed tl > e threshold and opened the door of the apartment , wherein he knew that hi » another always sat . " Mother T he said ^ but this was the onlv wor 4 m uttered , for he saw that which suddenly deprived him W
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 1, 1837, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1829/page/20/
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