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Des Moines County, Iowa Anti-Slavery Society minutes and declarations, 1844-1845
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[Harsh?] Words We should be careful not to speak harshly to others, if we indulge in this habit, perhaps we will often add another [illegible] to the heart already pressed down with a weight of sorrow Persons often feel [illegible] and melancholy, and it often [mistook?] [illegible] a disobliging temper. The book of the human heart is often a sealed book We little dream of what is pressing so! The secret and [illegible] chambers of the soul. Perhaps some grievous disappointment or some secret sorrow weghs down of the spirit, and renders it for the time being, incapable of takeing that interest in passing events, and in what interests those around. which must be taken to [illegible] one an agreeable compassion. None if we allow ourselves [in?] the habit of speaking [illegible] when [something] in the condition of another displeases us, we shall be
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[Harsh?] Words We should be careful not to speak harshly to others, if we indulge in this habit, perhaps we will often add another [illegible] to the heart already pressed down with a weight of sorrow Persons often feel [illegible] and melancholy, and it often [mistook?] [illegible] a disobliging temper. The book of the human heart is often a sealed book We little dream of what is pressing so! The secret and [illegible] chambers of the soul. Perhaps some grievous disappointment or some secret sorrow weghs down of the spirit, and renders it for the time being, incapable of takeing that interest in passing events, and in what interests those around. which must be taken to [illegible] one an agreeable compassion. None if we allow ourselves [in?] the habit of speaking [illegible] when [something] in the condition of another displeases us, we shall be
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