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possible, my admirable Friend, than the inscrutable decrees of God may have assign’d him a different destiny, & that he may not reach even the full æra of Manhood — I use myself to reflect every day, He is mortal, that I may feel all the Gratitude I ought to feel to Heaven, for having granted me such a Blessing so long, & to learn, if possible, the due Resignation to its decrees, if – -
A Tear of bursting Tenderness precluded me from finishing the preceding Sentence, I quit my paper to take a Turn on this airy Hill, & meditate on the chearful Hopes we ought to cherish of the beloved Traveller, who is at this Moment on the road to his inestimable, Master — adieu for half an Hour.
Monday Noon May 8 .97
A little air & Exercise on this smiling and salutary spot dissipated the Gloom of parental Solicitude. – I return to chat with you on paper, my dear Flaxman, concerning the pleasing Works that your industrious Pupil contrived to execute here, in spite of the disadvantages arising from the excessive Fatigue