Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? Do you think because I am poor, obscure, plain, andlittle, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as
you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and
much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now
for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom,
conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses
your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at
God’s feet, equal — as we are!