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LETTERS FROM THE CELEBRATED LAVATER. 163
of life, or by what virtues, I could arrive at so high a
privilege ?
" 4. Whether the dream I had June 9, this year,
proceeded from Felix Hess ?
" Be not angry, thou most excellent and learned man,
with a very studious disciple of truth, who will neither
be rashly credulous, nor a disbeliever, but has an open
breast, ready to receive from his inmost soul whatever
truth beams forth. Farewell ; do not suffer me long to
wait in vain for an answer. May God and Christ, to
whom we belong, whether living or dead, be with you.
"JOHN CASPAR LAVATER.
" Zurich, Switzerland, Aug. 24, 1768."
LETTER II.
" Most noble, venerable, and beloved
in Christ our Lord,
" I have taken the liberty of writing to you a second
time, as it is likely you may not have received my other
letter on account of your travels ; but I have at last
learnt by what means this will probably reach you.
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I revere the wonderful gifts thou hast received of our
God. I revere the wisdom which shines forth from thy
writings, and, therefore, cannot but seek the friendship of
so great and excellent a man now living. If it is true
what is reported, God will shew to thee how much I seek
to converse with thee in the simplicity of my mind. I
am a young man not yet thirty years old, minister of the
gospel : I am and shall be employed in the cause of
Christ as long as I live. I have written something on
the happiness ofthe future life. Oh ! if I could exchange
letters with thee on this subject, or rather converse ! I
add a writing : thou shalt know my soul. One thing I
beg of thee, thou divinely inspired man ! I beseech thee
by the Lord not to refuse me.
"In the month of March, 1768, Felix Hess, my best
friend died, a youth of Zurich, twenty-four years of age,
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