Do you think , because I am poor , obscure , plain , and little , 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 !