STUDYING AND WAITING THAT "movable feast," Thanksgiving Day, gave Isaac occasion for making this examination of conscience at five o'clock in the morning: "When I cast my eyes back, it seems to me that I have made some progress--that I have grown somewhat better than I was.

Thoughts, feelings, and passions which were active in my bosom, and which, in truth, were not to be well-spoken of, have given place, I hope, to a better state of mind.
"How am I now actualizing my spiritual life?
It would be hard for me to answer at this moment.

Am I less wilful?
Do I sacrifice more than I did?
Am I more loving?
I am afraid that I am doing nothing more than I did; and therefore I took up this book to give an account of myself.
"Study occupies the best part of my time most generally.

I recite lessons in Latin and in German every day, and now intend to study English grammar again.

Then I read considerable, and write letters to my friends.