{"product_id":"2940013392137","title":"Wieland","description":"Chapter I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI feel little reluctance in complying with your request. You know not\u003cbr\u003efully the cause of my sorrows. You are a stranger to the depth of my\u003cbr\u003edistresses. Hence your efforts at consolation must necessarily fail. Yet\u003cbr\u003ethe tale that I am going to tell is not intended as a claim upon your\u003cbr\u003esympathy. In the midst of my despair, I do not disdain to contribute\u003cbr\u003ewhat little I can to the benefit of mankind. I acknowledge your right to\u003cbr\u003ebe informed of the events that have lately happened in my family. Make\u003cbr\u003ewhat use of the tale you shall think proper. If it be communicated\u003cbr\u003eto the world, it will inculcate the duty of avoiding deceit. It will\u003cbr\u003eexemplify the force of early impressions, and show the immeasurable\u003cbr\u003eevils that flow from an erroneous or imperfect discipline.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy state is not destitute of tranquillity. The sentiment that dictates\u003cbr\u003emy feelings is not hope. Futurity has no power over my thoughts. To all\u003cbr\u003ethat is to come I am perfectly indifferent. With regard to myself, I\u003cbr\u003ehave nothing more to fear. Fate has done its worst. Henceforth, I am\u003cbr\u003ecallous to misfortune.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI address no supplication to the Deity. The power that governs the\u003cbr\u003ecourse of human affairs has chosen his path. The decree that ascertained\u003cbr\u003ethe condition of my life, admits of no recal. No doubt it squares with\u003cbr\u003ethe maxims of eternal equity. That is neither to be questioned nor\u003cbr\u003edenied by me. It suffices that the past is exempt from mutation. The\u003cbr\u003estorm that tore up our happiness, and changed into dreariness and desert\u003cbr\u003ethe blooming scene of our existence, is lulled into grim repose; but\u003cbr\u003enot until the victim was transfixed and mangled; till every obstacle was\u003cbr\u003edissipated by its rage; till every remnant of good was wrested from our\u003cbr\u003egrasp and exterminated.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082792780016,"sku":"2940013392137","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013392137_p0.jpg?v=1763580576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013392137","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}