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 1864-11-14 DOWAGIAC MICH --- BLACK CDS 39MM---POSTAGE DUE--6 CENTS--TO MISS MARY LYBROOK AT ST. MARYS-NOTRE DAME FROM HER FATHER H.C. LYBROOK AT DOWAGIAC---SUGGESTING SHE FIND A TEAM TO BRING HER TO NILES AS THE STAGE DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE ROOM; MR. MOLIERE WROTE HE THINKS THEY DID WELL SENDING MARY TO ST. MARY'S "YOU WILL BE ASTONISHED AT THE RAPID IMPROVEMENT SHE MAKES - SHE IS JUST NOW AT THAT AGE WHEN SHE NEEDS THE SOCIETY OF PERSONS OF HER OWN AGE AND SEX AN THE MORE THERE ARE OF THEM THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR HER AS SHE WILL BE ABLE TO LEARN HUMAN NATURE BY CONTRASTING THEIR DIFFERENT QUALITIES AND DISPOSITIONS. SHE WILL LEARN THAT OTHER PERSONS OF HER OWN AGE ARE JUST AS INEXPERIENCED AND OT ANY SMARTER THAN HERSELF, AND THAT WILL GIVE HER MORE CONFIDENCE IN HERSELF, AND THAT ALONE WILL TEND VERY VERY MUCH TO IMPROVE HER HEALTH BY REMOVING ONE GREAT CAUSE OF NERVOUS IRRITABILITY"---HE WILL LET HER GRANDFATHER, MOTHER, AND AUNT LUCETTA KNOW WHEN SHE WILL BE HOME SO THEY CAN VISIT ---3 PGS---ERNIE'S COLLECTION - N Date: 1864-11-14 , Associated Pages:(3)