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J—t Extracts of Letters from Mr . Richard Flower . Albion , Illinois , Jan . 18 , 1820 .
MY wUple feipi ^ y , I think sqjpy , since we haye been hsre , much better health than in Eogjand , ai > d we have enjoyed the fine Iiidian summer , which hap lasted Juft t ; wo months , pf most charmi ng temperature , the thermometer nMuh ^ irom 70 to Jo * W * e and one sudden , ch nge to 35 degrees } I * WjO Ap 9 ? Jft ^ r . ^ f | 8 AIPM !! fine ti
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w § l £ . Y ^ ij wil l say /^/^ a % f ^^// has a suspicious somid ; I iJ&ll therefore ^ lude to that terra in fulaire , an 4 st »| e ] ft ^ jnconveni ( 5 nce 3 as ^ | pte | jthe ^ pleasures of the autumn . AVe b ^ jre experienced coiisiderabte inconvenience fr 0 draught , apd beea ob % ^ i to ^ aw wajer py carriage % & the town , wjio $ Is did not the
w ^ J supply inhabitants with a sufficiency , and the people ( HKe the Israelites ) murmured at us , the town proprietors , as much as ever Jtfe&jt stiff-necked people did at Mose ^ . Iblid np uget : jfeo strijke , q $ power to r ^ e water by miracle of any Gad , and thereand
for ^ applied industry perseveyance to make up this deficieacy , and pffered to supply diem with fine spring water at a f dollar per baurel , froi » a most delightful spring , found on George ' s estate , only eiirht feet deep , and
inexhaustible . I had nearly two miles to dr ^ w it , but I lost nothing b y my contract , and murmuring was allayed . This want of water would have been a serious objection to our settlement if it had been local , but it has been an unusual drought throughout the whole
of the Western Country , such as has been rarely experienced , and we have been much better off than the people of Kentucky ; it has also awakejied qu , r energies , and within half a mile of the town a delightful well has been
opened , besides two others at a mile and a half , so that 110 re ^ l \ ypt has been known , pnly inconvenience suffered . I am rather particular Qn this s ^ fejQC t / as r ^ pprt had spre ad . tkaf QVF
town h ^ 4 bwke lip , PUT p ^ ppl ^ J | £ &ttcfr ^ d , ^ nd disease prevailed Jfrp wmt of w ^ ter , all which was potoripu ^ ly jp ^ k e ; md , % qu ^ i mersy , I Mm there l ^ ve Jfcen fewer de ^ tlp , | p tfee in
number of iph ^ bUwts than apy jp ^ ift of England . Aftpth ^ r incpnyeni ^ nce ficpm ^ hifi { Irmigfct wfis , Ihe burpii | g pf the prairies much earlj ^ r thayi us ^ al . Th ^ re Jp , a ; p ^ n 46 i ^ r iip * 3 m scene almost indescribable and somewhat * mrmmm'VFi t * v t ffy ^ f ^ B ^ iyv ^ w H"V ^ v ^ - ^
i-fl-jTalarrajflg . ^ 5 e , ^ ee \ vho \ e pr&w ^ . copt ^ ining thousjiiMls Qf . acre ? , W ^ . a Sea ^ r . lpke of # rej ^< eiwpg W ; WSps « f ^ iftQJke ao ^ tf ^ ct typ !* m&& % 1 ^> Jog ^ f , smoke , an < l paiafal tQ . tjj e 4 y 63 ; tfljt ( pfiter a { few « tes » » U fe jQv ^ cte » d ¦ ^ - ¦»•¦
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wlMjfe wftri 4 s | iou ! 4 prpfi * l ?^ U , thm those who profess to njake i $ Qgly a secondary ^ 9 a » ideratipn ? 4 re jl ^ F willing Jo ^ l | pr # ye 4 ctriiies common to $ U sgcts ^ t ^ fe ^ |^ f iiential o ^ l ) tl |^ r min 4 s | hw qn t ^ e 9 f others ? Js pji < fe of in ^ l ^ Dt , - # r $ te hupil ^ ie virtupe pronounced blessed by C % i § t bimgelf
the most distinguished trait of Unita rianism ? In a word , do they " not practically ad ^ nit the charge Qf theijr theological opponents , that theirs is a system of the head without touching the heart ; that they can with equal coolness wotU a problem in Euclid
and examine ttue truths of reveiatiou not satisfied without demonstration , but equally affecte 4 ypih t ^ e result | n either case ? 1 conceive Mr . Harris ' s address is well adapted to support the position he advocates , but surely his Appendix contains its complete xefutatfbn . What
signifies the aptitude of the soil , ( the unity of God to Jewish , Mahometan and Pagan prepossessions , ) if there is no sower to sow , np gern ^ e to vegetate , no warmth to fructify ? It surely
is much more probable that after the opposition of controversy has ceased to agitate , Unitarianism itself will end in frigid indifference . I confess I fear to enter their circle , though I ever wish to remain ABER £ AN .
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Extracts tf Letter * from &r . Richvrd m 4 § 3
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vol . xv . 3 n
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1820, page 453, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2491/page/9/
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