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[upper left corner, written in ink]
So. [South] Malden Oct. 22: '48 [1848].
Sac. [Sacramento] City Sept. 22: '50 [1850].

[written in pencil]
S. South Malden,
Oct. 22, 1848 ~
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[upper right corner]
No. 45
So. [South] M. [Malden] Eve. [Evening]
Sac. [Sacramento] C. [City] A. M.
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Rom. [Romans] 9:21 [centered]
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"Hath not the Potter power over
the clay, of the same lump to make
one vessel unto honor, and another
unto dishonor?"

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Diff [Different] passage. Men do not all
of them easily satisfy themselves
about its proper interpretation.

Teaches, at least, as much as this –
that God – the Creator, Proprietor & Ruler
of all – is not accountabe [accountable] to man
for aught he does.

Also – that it is his prerogative to
make men what he will – whether Aristotle,