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I was not Endowed with sufficient firmness to propose the cool & systematic observation of this man's deportment; I felt as if the state of my mind must be Evident to him, --& Experienced in myself all the confusion which this discovery [[underline]] was calculated [[/underline]] to produce it may not be uncommon for men to [[underline]] fashion [[/underline]] their conclusions, in opposition to Evidence & [[underline]] probability, [[/underline]] as as to feed their fears, & subvert their happiness but this sums my case, my mind is perhaps singular & perverse, --a fact seemingly simple in itself becomes in my mind connected with a train of the most hateful consequences, I
