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Imperfect medium, at best, it is we look
thro. [through] – none of us – not even most favored
has more than imperf. [imperfect], dim perceptn. [perception]. –
Much that we seem to know is an enigma
a puzzle – toil only is the result.

Glass = mirror – Explain. – Had mica
pellucid, translucent stones – perhaps al-
-lusion to those here.

Then face to face – no medium –
no vail between. We shall know
others – all things – just as they know us –
by direct inspection; by a spiritual
of wh. [which] we can now form little concep. [conception].

V "And now abideth faith, hope, charity;
these three – but the greatest of these is
Charity." Permanent gifts – graces –
exercises, states are these – never to know
any end – not transient, but abiding.