May 1854

If Minerva offered me a gift and an option, I would say give me continuity. I am tired of scraps. I do not wish to be a literary or in- tellectual chiffonier. Away with this Jew's rag- bag of ends and tufts of brocade, velvet, and cloth-of-gold ; let me spin some yards or miles of helpful twine, a clew to lead to one kingly truth, a cord to bind wholesome and belonging facts.