If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not—don't! The advice applies to doubts in life besides that of letter writing.
—Zoroaster.
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Our doubts are traitors,
And make us love the good we oft might win,
By fearing to attempt.
—Shakespeare.
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THE ORPHAN BOY'S DREAM.
The room is old—the night is cold,—
But night is dearer far than day;
For then, in dreams, to him it seems
That she's returned who's gone away!
His tears are pass'd—he clasps her fast,—
Again she holds him on her knee;
And, in his sleep, he murmurs deep,
"Oh! mother, go no more from me!"