From this day, then, we will not so closely inquire as to any external conditions, — estate, or slaves, or horses, or dogs, — but only make sure of our own principles. “Such is my desire,” said the visitor. You see, then, that it is necessary for you to become a student, that being whom every one laughs at, if you really desire to make an examination of your own principles. But this, as you should know, is not the work of an hour or a day.
