1892 letter to Rev. Lyman Whiting from granddaughter "Little Nell"

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Reading Mass Oct. 4 .9 [writing cut off] My dear Grandpa;

As I sat thinking what I could say on this fiftieth anniversary the words of Longfellow written for the anniversary of his class, came to me and with these words would I greet you "What then? Shall we sit idly down and say the night hath come; it is no longer day? The night hath not yet come; we are not quite but off from labor by the failing light; Something remains forever

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to do, or dare; Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear; + + + For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars invisibly by day." Dear Grandpa, you have done so much good in your life & eased so many burdens, and may God reward you here on earth, as well as in the world beyond, is the loving prayer I your affectionate "Little Nell."

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