Letter to Mrs F----R. May 9 1800?? I declare, had I my pilgrimage to begin anew through the wilderness, I would not give my share of the endearing charities of life, my bustles and struggles to procure ease and comfort to those I love, my faithful friendships, and, ?My humble toils and destiny obscure? for all that wealth and fashion can bestow.? [slight misquotation of Gray's "Elegy written in a country churchyard"]