Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!- I have as much soul as you,- and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;- it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,- as we are!

Is it because I am poor, unknown, mediocre, small, soulless and heartless? ——Didn’t you think wrong? ——My soul is as rich as yours, and my mind is as full as yours! If God had gifted me with some beauty and plenty of wealth, I should have made it as inseparable from you as I am now. I speak not to you through the medium of custom, convention, or even of flesh and blood, but of my soul and yours. In conversation, it was as if the two of us had passed through the grave and stood at the feet of God, equal to each other—that’s how it is! ”