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4 Muir 1 Ind'p'l's Apr 27th Prof' Butler Dear friend, Your message of sympathy cheer came in my deepest need, when
I was lost - lost in the darkness of that terrible valley which has gashed my life in tovain from side to side - I was weak
in mind as in body - all of my lessons of forti- tude were forgotten - the comforts of religion did not come to me, be- cause
my mental powers were stricken down, - all that my spiritual ap- petite craved wad sympathy and of this your letter was full