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words. In highmindedness and independence of
temper, in pride and honesty, and in critical
asperity, she was a perfect Transcendentalist! The
"Conversations," which she once gave in a select
circle at Boston, are spoken of as being of the
highest interest. Mrs. Emerson cannot sufficiently
praise her fervent eloquence and the extraordinary
affluence of her mind, and, I believe, half reproaches
me for not being like her....
When I reached home last evening I found Marcus
Spring, who had come hither on business. It was a
heartfelt joy to me to see once more that excellent
friend. After I had spent an hour in conversing with
him and Mr. Sumner, I went with Marcus to Alcott’s
concluding Conversation, where several prearranged
topics with regard to diet and its importance to
humanity were discussed. Alcott maintained that
all high and holy teachers of the human race had
paid great attention to diet and in particular had
abstained from animal food. Some one said that Christ
had eaten meat. Another said that it could not be
proved. A third contended that He, at all events, had
partaken of fish. I remarked it was so written in the
Gospels. A second agreed. "No matter," said Alcott,
"I know better than to eat fish."
The man is incorrigible. He drinks too much
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