“——I suppose, from what I have heard, that a majority
of men here are miserable. Several causes may perhaps be assigned for this. . .
. . The solitude, to those who cannot find a resource in books and study, is
insupportable; ennui and disgust seize their souls, and companions and
dissipation cannot quiet them. Another species of solitude—no female society. .
. . The disgusting monotony of the whole, and, with me at least, the constant
attendance at chapel, and the dull, cold, miserable, sombre religious sound of
the bell. Another cause, the wretched
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