Baskett__William_Taylor_Diary_2

[what] traitor who ever betrayed his country's (flag). {The son who} {will break his} {mother's heart} {is more cruel & ungrateful} {than the} {famous Judas}. How can one who calls himself a man {run} break into the defenses of a home, and carry to destruction one of its [pearls]

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and impulsively you will be found being yourself marveling again at the [portents] of that sacred home {for} {true happiness} {the longings of} will an aching heart, longing for the generousness and real happiness which its tender hands {hold forth} {extend} enfold. She who runs a home, is more than

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search the whole stages of life for the [vanities] of & the frivolities of {higher] his nature, {proved that} {found that } {genuineness, that} {and real} {happiness} {which [we]} {[embraced on]} {that Simple but} {[meaningful] walk home.}