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letterhead March 30th 1901 My dear Mr. Muir; I sincerely appreciate your kind and warm letter of the seventeenth. The
say that old friends are the best friends and I find by long experience that this is a most true saying. We must hold to our
old acquaintances as long as possible, and not let them drop out of our lives simply because time and distance intervene between
visits. Yes I remember well my visits to South Indianapolis, and how you fascinated me with your various collections and inventions.
What a life of adventure and discovery you have had since those Hoosier days My days have been a mixture of business and pleasure
with a goodly share of the latter well sprinkled in. I left Indianapolis in the spring of 1874 for a week's visit to relatives
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