I felt discouraged at the amount of work before me, and stated that I had been engaged in cutting garments for others for more than twenty years, and my labors had not been appreciated, neither did I see that my work had accomplished much good. I spoke to the person who brought the cloth to me, of one woman in particular, for whom he had told me to cut a garment. I stated that she would not prize the garment, and that it would be a loss of time and material to present it to her. She was very poor, of inferior intellect, and untidy in her habits, and would soon soil it. {LS 183.3}

Jeg blev modløs over den arbejdsmængde der var foran mig, og sagde at jeg har været i gang med at klippe i mere end tyve stykker for andre, og mit arbejde ikke blev påskønnet, jeg så heller ikke at mit arbejde havde udrettet så meget godt. Jeg talte til den person som bragte klæderne til mig, specielt en kvinde, som han havde fortalt mig at (184) klippe en klædning til. Jeg sagde at hun ikke ville blive glad for klædningen, og at det ville være spild af tid og materialer at give det til hende. Hun var meget fattig, ikke så intelligent, og usorigneret i hendes tøj, og ville snart svine det til.