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4 over civilized, which may heaven preserve you from. If there is anything that takes the youth out of a person it is the
insane rush and competition of these times. Would that I had been born a Greek at the dawn of their civilization Should I
go on illegible sifying during the nineteen years which would bring me up to your age I should never expect to write as perfect
a series of poems as your articles on the B illegible Pastures of California, and particularly the portion on the Shasta trees?
. Trusting that this rambling epistle has not tired your patience too severely, I subscribe myself, Your devoted admirer
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