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You are unhappy, my friend: your present situation does not suit you; you cannot remain in it, it was not made for you, it is beneath you; you ought, by all means, to leave it, before its injurious influence begins to affect your faculties, and before you become settled, as they say, in the ways of your profession, were it possible that such a thing could ever happen, which I flatly deny. You are unhappy; you have not yet entered upon the path which Nature has marked out for you. YOU ARE UNHAPPY MY FRIEND YOUR PRESENT SITUATION DOES NOT SUIT YOU YOU CANNOT REMAIN IN IT IT WAS NOT MADE FOR YOU IT IS BENEATH YOU YOU OUGHT BY ALL MEANS TO LEAVE IT BEFORE ITS INJURIOUS INFLUENCE BEGINS TO AFFECT YOUR FACULTIES AND BEFORE YOU BECOME SETTLED AS THEY SAY IN THE WAYS OF YOUR PROFESSION WERE IT POSSIBLE THAT SUCH A THING COULD EVER HAPPEN WHICH I FLATLY DENY YOU ARE UNHAPPY YOU HAVE NOT YET ENTERED UPON THE PATH WHICH NATURE HAS MARKED OUT FOR YOU
o do this easily, he thinks fit to retain his present instructor, who is not very learned, but who takes part in their games and joyous sports with wonderful facility, who points out the letters of the alphabet to the little girl, who takes the little boys to mass, and who, no less obliging than the worthy Abbe P. of our acquaintance, would readily dance for Madame's amusement. Such a profession would not suit you, you who have a free, proud, and manly soul: you are refused; let us dismiss the matter from our minds. Perhaps another time my solicitude will be less unfortunate. I can only ask your pardon for having thought of thus disposing of you almost without consulting you. I find my excuse in the motives which guided me; I had in view your well-being and advancement in the ways of this world. "I see in your letter, my comrade, through its brilliant witticisms and beneath the frank and artless gayety with which you have sprinkled it, a tinge of sadness and despondency which pains me. CHILDREN AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS EASILY HE THINKS FIT TO RETAIN HIS PRESENT INSTRUCTOR WHO IS NOT VERY LEARNED BUT WHO TAKES PART IN THEIR GAMES AND JOYOUS SPORTS WITH WONDERFUL FACILITY WHO POINTS OUT THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET TO THE LITTLE GIRL WHO TAKES THE LITTLE BOYS TO MASS AND WHO NO LESS OBLIGING THAN THE WORTHY ABBE PEE OF OUR ACQUAINTANCE WOULD READILY DANCE FOR MADAME'S AMUSEMENT SUCH A PROFESSION WOULD NOT SUIT YOU YOU WHO HAVE A FREE PROUD AND MANLY SOUL YOU ARE REFUSED LET US DISMISS THE MATTER FROM OUR MINDS PERHAPS ANOTHER TIME MY SOLICITUDE WILL BE LESS UNFORTUNATE I CAN ONLY ASK YOUR PARDON FOR HAVING THOUGHT OF THUS DISPOSING OF YOU ALMOST WITHOUT CONSULTING YOU I FIND MY EXCUSE IN THE MOTIVES WHICH GUIDED ME I HAD IN VIEW YOUR WELL BEING AND ADVANCEMENT IN THE WAYS OF THIS WORLD I SEE IN YOUR LETTER MY COMRADE THROUGH ITS BRILLIANT WITTICISMS AND BENEATH THE FRANK AND ARTLESS GAIETY WITH WHICH YOU HAVE SPRINKLED IT A TINGE OF SADNESS AND DESPONDENCY WHICH PAINS ME
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