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June 27th 1803-- You say time does Every thing, but don't mistake [[underline]] things, [[/underline]] by the similarity of [[underline]] names [[/underline]] : -- [[underline]] Time [[/underline]] that [[underline]] does Every thing [[/underline]] must be a continuity of cause, -- whereas Time with me, to [[underline]] this purpose [[/underline]] is never [[underline]] 24 [[/underline]] hours old, -- Every letter you write me, -- Every visit I pay brings me [[underline]] back to [[/underline]] the 10th of February Don't imagine this reparation a mere worldly generosity -- it is my whole soul, as it were, starting from its place to execute a duty to [[underline]] itself [[/underline]] To Heaven & to you, --