Besides, I know what sort of a mind I have placed in communication with my own: I know it is one not liable to take infection: it is a peculiar mind: it is a unique one. Happily I do not mean to harm it: but, if I did, it would not take harm from me. The more you and I converse, the better; for while I cannot blight you, you may refresh me."
Heureusement je ne veux pas lui nuire, car, si je le voulais, je ne le pourrais pas; nos conversations sont bonnes; je ne puis pas vous souiller, et vous me purifiez.»