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Our aim in this edition has been to transcribe the content of the letters as accurately as possible without reproducing the physical appearance of the manuscript. Craik’s spelling, punctuation, underlining, superscripts, abbrieviations, additions and deletions are retained, except for words which are hyphenated at the end of a line, which we have silently emended. Where Craik uses a non-standard spelling, we have encoded both her spelling and the standard Oxford English Dictionary spelling to faciliate searching. The long s is not encoded.
How truly I rejoice in the good Providence whereby dear
Since all the downward tracts of time
God’s watchful eye surveys
O who
so wise to chose our lot
Or regulate our ways –
But we are poor fools & our proof is that we think ourselves wise – too wise to need a guide, & so do not seek help where above it is to be found.
We are all well, & send abundance of love to you & dear