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Belle Robinson diary, 1875-1877
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pies & I think they are all very good, judging from the first. In the afternoon Helen Moore came, but did not stay very long. I went with Linn & Will To Willie Tibbals party & enjoyed myself more than I expected, although I did & said foolish things on impulse, I suppose. I do not ever expect to be perfectly lady like - I would not be myself if I was, for it is not in me, not natural. I am odd, naturally, I can not help it. I wonder if self love is not right - that is a very, very little of it for if we did not have any, knowing the worst of ourselves as we do, would not we get discouraged soon? I think so, for (at least with me) the motive is often so much worse than the action, that sometimes I feel
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pies & I think they are all very good, judging from the first. In the afternoon Helen Moore came, but did not stay very long. I went with Linn & Will To Willie Tibbals party & enjoyed myself more than I expected, although I did & said foolish things on impulse, I suppose. I do not ever expect to be perfectly lady like - I would not be myself if I was, for it is not in me, not natural. I am odd, naturally, I can not help it. I wonder if self love is not right - that is a very, very little of it for if we did not have any, knowing the worst of ourselves as we do, would not we get discouraged soon? I think so, for (at least with me) the motive is often so much worse than the action, that sometimes I feel
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