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Berkeley, Oct, 17, 1902. Dear Mr. Muir, Thanks most sincerely for the sweet proof which came yesterday of your continued
remembrance of us. The grapes came in excellent condition, and were fit to have been the grapes of Es illegible - only I am
sure those never could have had the flavor of these. But chief of all the elements in their bouquet is the flavor of friendship;-
and that is daily becoming to me more and more the most precious thing in the world. I have been reading your book aloud to
my folks, and to 03077