I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind.
To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.
It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.
I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.