20 May 1839 – 26 May 1839
21 May 1839
Who knows how incessant a surveillance a strong man may maintain over himself,—how far subject passion and appetite to reason, and lead the life his imagination paints? Well has the poet said,—
"By manly mind Not e'en in sleep is will resigned."
By a strong effort may he not command even his brute body in unconscious moments?
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