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not realize. I am sure, the hold you have upon the hearts of our family, or the pleasure your writings have given us. I have
no designs of interview for newspaper use, unless you wish something of that king, but want only a chat with you, for a few
minutes if you cannot spare more. I say and ask all this with becoming humility, and a full recognition of the fact that
you may have no time, however brief, to fritter away upon a transient visitor whom you may never see again, and yet I should
very much like to pay you that call, if it is convenient to you. With great respect, I am Very truly yours J. E. Calkins.