The growing up of the corn, as is hinted in my Journal, had at first some little influence upon me, and began to affect me with seriousness, as long as I thought it had something miraculous in it; but as soon as ever that part of the thought was removed, all the impression that was raised from it wore off also, as I have noted already.
La croissance du blé, dont j'ai fait mention dans mon journal, eut premièrement une petite influence sur moi; elle me toucha assez fortement aussi long-temps que j'y crus voir quelque chose de miraculeux; mais dès que cette idée tomba, l'impression que j'en avais reçue tomba avec elle, ainsi que je l'ai déjà dit.