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02464 My dear old friend Prof B Your good kind letter picture does my heart good. How rich beautiful your life is. Altogether
delightful how blessed a life too has been Miss Merrills When 34 yrs ago you compelled me to know her you pushed me into one
of the very best most influential friendships of my life. Yr letter i remember was most per illegible ly knowing kind knowing
my weakness I was desperately shy (I am still) I went again again to her illegible I could summon up courage enough to knock
But Thanks to your painstaking loving kindness I soon found a home in that house. I last saw her in California 2 yrs ago When
with her sister Katherine Graydon she came to visit me at my home a noble helpful women full of warm? illegible faithful as
a star, still living on in our hearts - , I wish I could see you this summer, possibly I may tho the way is not clear yet.
Last summer I was in Alaska with the Harriman ex- All winter I have been writing? about forests illegible