After all is said and

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Allfter all that can be is said and done in the way of argument, the innumerable it the whole amount to a ^{means but a is a makes raises but} bubble of the sea-ooze in comparison with ^{against that} unspeakable Something in my own soul which makes me know without being able to tell ^^{how it is} or prove ^^{how that is I know.}—If ^Though I were opposed by ^{what I felt} the science linguists and lore of the whole earth deny what I say, it amounts but to this: So it seems to them.—I simply answer, So it seems to me.—The greatest of thoughts and truths, are not ^never to [illegible] be put in language ^{writing or print.}.—They are not susceptible of proof like a sum in simple multiplication

I caneven see myself struggling ^sweating in the fog with the linguists and learned ^old men.—I look back upon that time in my own days.—I have no gibes nor mocks mockings or laughter;—I have only to be silent and ^patiently to wait.—

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