Accession: L08000
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to Jessie C. H. Gorham, January 13, 1897
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: Jessie C. H. Gorham 
Date: January 13, 1897
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on unlined Pleasant View stationery from Concord, New Hampshire.
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CONCORD, New HampshireAs Written:N. H., JanuaryAs Written:Jan. 13, '97.
Darling Jessie,

So many varying winds blow that the weather vaneAs Written:weather-vane flies hither and thither. My lifework As Written: life-work is never tranquil or assured except in its finale. You need not return a dollar or cent. May He who tempers the windsEditorial Note: "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." This proverb apparently originated with Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), an Anglo-Irish novelist and cleric. It is found in his book, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. bless you and be consciously ever-present As Written: everpresent

With love
Mother
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CONCORD, N. H.Expanded:New Hampshire, Jan.Expanded:January 13, '97.
Darling Jessie,

So many varying winds blow that the weather-vaneCorrected:weather vane flies hither and thither. My life-work Corrected: lifework is never tranquil [?] Unclear or illegible or assured except in its finale. You need not return a dollar or cent. May He who tempers the windsEditorial Note: "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." This proverb apparently originated with Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), an Anglo-Irish novelist and cleric. It is found in his book, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. bless you and be consciously everpresent Corrected: ever-present

With love
Mother
 
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"God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." This proverb apparently originated with Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), an Anglo-Irish novelist and cleric. It is found in his book, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy.