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�homesick, just think you are but a half day's ride from home; that we can be always together in our thoughts, + in our mutual kind wishes, + in our prayers [underlined]; that if you, or any of us [underlined], are sick, we can soon be with you, or you with us. Think you are usefully [underlined] employed - gaining available experience + knowledge - that your time is not wasted [underlined]; that you are not loafing + falling into indolence + vice, + setting bad examples: Think, you will see old friends + acquaintances, al-most every day, coming into your store or your boarding house. Think, too, you will make us a long visit, first [underlined] the winter, + that the intervening time will soon be past; - that you will receive long letters from us every week, full of family + neighborhood details. Think, you are educating yourself for future usefulness, + for important purposes. Think, the same kind Providence watches over you, where-ever you may be. "In the void waste, as in the City full" - and you will soon enjoy your situation, + make it another home [underlined]; so that, you will have two homes, - a business home, + a father's + mother's home; a home for useful employment, + a home for retire-ment + rest, + free enjoyment of all the comforts that home affords. I think you will find Mr. Denison a good man, + a good friend, who will improve upon acquaintance; a just man who will appreciate and duly reward you