April 23, 1857
[A neighbor of HDT’s, Kate Brady, “her father an Irishman, a worthless fellow, her mother a smart Yankee” wants to return to the house where she was born, “a lonely ruin”, where “she thinks she can ‘live free’.”] I never heard a girl or woman express so strong a love for nature. . . Her own sex, so tamely bred, only jeer at her for entertaining such an idea, but she has a strong head and a love for good reading, which may carry her through.
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