Comments on his mother. Transcription: of her. There ?s as much difference between the two [Rebecca Kidder and Gunn ?s mother, Naomi Butler Gunn], as between the clear blue sky of heaven and a the [word crossed out] wall of a jakes ? I can ?t fancy a better, nobler and truer heart than my mothers. She would have made a braver and better man than I am ? infinitely so. And yet a kinder, more dearly affectionate feminine nature exists not. [words crossed out] How well she loves her children, what a true deep belief in God, and Heaven, and Faith has she. She ?d beg or starve for us, I know, ?
Comments on his mother. Transcription: of her. There ?s as much difference between the two [Rebecca Kidder and Gunn ?s mother, Naomi Butler Gunn], as between the clear blue sky of heaven and a the [word crossed out] wall of a jakes ? I can ?t fancy a better, nobler and truer heart than my mothers. She would have made a braver and better man than I am ? infinitely so. And yet a kinder, more dearly affectionate feminine nature exists not. [words crossed out] How well she loves her children, what a true deep belief in God, and Heaven, and Faith has she. She ?d beg or starve for us, I know, ? ah, what would she not endure? What a true, good loving daughter was she ? not one of all of them so justly dear to the heart of that poor old woman. I don ?t think Leigh Hunt ?s mother, exquisitely as he praises her, equal to mine. I don ?t believe there ?s a better woman Title: Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries: Volume 4, page 44, February 24, 1852 . 24 February 1852. Gunn, Thomas Butler, 1826-1903
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