June 17
I feel sad today, as I spoke too hastily, I am sorry for it, how important that we should be slow to speak, slow to wrath.
Source: Mary Jeffreys Bethell Diary, 1853-1873. #1737-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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