100/113 I like Lady A---- very much too, only she is a little _strict and particular_, and too severe towards others, which is not right; for I think one ought always to be indulgent towards other people, _as I always think, if we had not been well brought up and well taken care of, we might also have gone astray_. Yet it is always right to show that one does not like to see what is obviously wrong; but it is very dangerous to be _too_ severe, and I am certain that as a rule such people always greatly regret that in their youth they have not been as careful as they ought to have been. I have explained this so badly, and written it so badly, that I fear you will hardly be able to make it out. |