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[upper right corner]
(2 Debating &c. [etc.])

3. They prevent contentions & violence.
Better to forestall if poss. [possible]. – Ounce
of prevention &c. [etc.]. – All men like some –
all w'd [would] be raging beasts – Everying [everything] hating –
provoking – – Irascibility treated
kindly – else it is intolerable – this is t. [the]
only cure – nothing else prevents, so much
the final overthrow of all good ~ (2)
(Boy – Grand-pa – heaven)

4 They sweeten & refine & hallow all
the intercourse & business of life.

"He will love life & see good days – let him
refrain his tongue from evil &c. [etc.]. (See note)

No brightness lik [like] that of a beaming eye –
No calmness like that of a serene brow.
No refinement like that of a pure joyous
conversation – and a Circle of gentleness
surest affection –. – Where the first
anger is spurned by vow, and dissipated
by the sunshine around. – (3)

[Letter written vertically in ink over the sermon text]
Br. [Brother] Benton,
I enclose a letter missive
from the scattered sheep who desire to be
enfolded at Melrose – Please to bring it
before the Winthrop Church for action this
afternoon or evening –

Yrs. [Yours] truly,
A. W. McClure ~

July 11:– 1878