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dependence on that being who never forsakes the virtuous; from you I never learned to despair; to your precepts and prevention I am indebted for not taking the veil, and I trust called into an elevated situation, I shall ever remember the unfortunate have claims upon the hearts of those whom God has blessed with affluence; and that, through your means, reserved to experience every blessing of life, I shall feel it my duty, by active virtues, to extend, to the utmost of my abilities, those blessings to others less fortunate than myself."
