My quest for God . ^ , ?, i ^ ^ ^ ? [To face p. 104. BACK TO SYDNEY. 105 am not exactly an Optimist, at least in thinking of the lot of myfellows; and most certainly I am no dummy of a Quietist in the background lies the profound conviction that nothingmatters, everything tells—in my own life anyhow; and that whatI was born to do will somehow be worked out. We will now return to the letters. The first extract was writtenafter the severity of the attack had abated, and a few days beforeI left for Sydney. Melbourne, February i8i/t, 1878. 1 must try to write a few lines this afternoon
My quest for God . ^ , ?, i ^ ^ ^ ? [To face p. 104. BACK TO SYDNEY. 105 am not exactly an Optimist, at least in thinking of the lot of myfellows; and most certainly I am no dummy of a Quietist in the background lies the profound conviction that nothingmatters, everything tells—in my own life anyhow; and that whatI was born to do will somehow be worked out. We will now return to the letters. The first extract was writtenafter the severity of the attack had abated, and a few days beforeI left for Sydney. Melbourne, February i8i/t, 1878. 1 must try to write a few lines this afternoon. This illnesswas very trying at first, and indeed is somewhat so now. It hasshown me how little I can depend on myself, and that I shallprobably have to struggle on, as of old, to the end of the one thing I am deeply grateful. I have been brought nearerto God, in a more childlike and simple way, than I have knownfor many a long day. He is more definite to me now, and Ifeel more assured of his pre
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