human
How benign she looks, ejaculated Helen,
gpt
Life is far more fearful, Helen. Life, with all its feverish unrest, its sinful strife, its storms of passion and its waves of sorrow. Oh, had you beheld the scene which I last night witnessed in this very room--a scene in which life revelled in wildest power, you would tremble at the thought of possessing a vitality capable of such unholy excitement--you would envy the quietude of that unbreathing bosom.
human
And yet, said Helen,
gpt
I have often heard you speak of life as an inestimable, a glorious gift, as so rich a blessing that the single heart had not room to contain the gratitude due.
human
And so it is, Helen, if rightly used. I am wrong to give it so dark a coloring--ungrateful, because my own experience is bright beyond the common lot--unwise, for I should not sadden your views by anticipation. Yes, if life is fearful from its responsibilities, it _is_ glorious in its hopes and rich in its joys. Its mysteries only increase its grandeur, and prove its divine origin.
gpt
In the name of your mother in Heaven, go and sin no more.