p.

with it now as at any other time. I feel malicious enough to make you a further donation
of a loan which I made to the Fancy Group of the same amount, to be very sacredly devoted
to the same purpose. For this sum you can apply to two very attractive ladies of our ac-
quaintance - the Lady of the [Eyrie?] & the [Divine?] Fanny. If they refer you to the Asso-
ciation, as doubtless they will, I will hope that responsible & solvent body will
admit the justice of the claim & honour it by prompt payment.

You have got rid of some persons who were burthens, although
not without their good qualities. I must [illegible, crossed out] urge the continuance of the winnowing
process. It must be done of necessity. It will be most agreeable if private obliga-
tions should harmonize with imperious fate in the case of each & all of them. In justice to
myself I must say, that I have not in view a single individual when I make
this reiterated suggestion. The rule which Mr Ripley laid down before the Associa-
tion that each person should consider his fitness to continue with you dependent on his pe-
cuniary ability or his ability to support himself, is the true & just measure. Exceptions
doubtless there would be, as there should be. It is truly pleasant to find that you have
friends in Civilization willing to help you; "but it is not pleasant to think that you
are eating this money up daily" - indeed it is [ruin?], & ruin [undeniable?]. For if you fail
to hold your ground after this public appeal which you have made, you can [crossed out]
never open your mouth again. And you [underlined]can[/underlined] hold your ground; if you will be imper-
sonal enough to prefer the cause for which you are working to private fancies & whims,
I repeat Mr Emerson's words, so prophetic of the good which awaits you if you be faith-
ful - if you will let your Angels go, Archangels will come in their places.

Have you yet dismissed those 3 or 4 boarding scholars who are living
with & receiving education from you at half the fixed & publicly advertised price? I
urge this measure also; or that they be at once, by communication with their parents
& friends, placed on the same footing as other scholars. It must paralyze your ex-
ertions to know that you are not receiving the cost of their physical support from