And if I am right or wrong, I do not know, but to me sin has always seemed mostly a sickness of the mind.

And it is a shame to endure it or to harshly punish it if there be a cure.

And if this is so, what you may have done, and what others may have done to you, cannot be final.
"My letter is longer than I meant it, but I had a great need to speak to you.

If you still think well of me, answer me.

Answer in the way it pleases you best.