ardentcy

Updated: June 4, 2025

When I see them relics of that noble creeter, paper that he had had his own hand on, that his own eyes had looked at, his own brain had dictated, every one of 'em full of the ardentcy and earnestness of his religion why, they increased the number and frequency of my emotions to a almost alarmin' extent. Here are twenty-nine manuscripts all in his own hand.

Marietta Holley - Samantha at the World's Fair