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terribly dazed confused with the dust din heavy sticky air of that low region therefore I dont believe my picture will be
worth having. but I will write to a friend have him mail a copy to your address - I have none of them. I am very happy, all
the world is kind to me A friend in Manchester Eng sent me the other day, a hundred dollars worth of instru ments. Prof Carr
says I am not changed a whit since he saw me in Madison How grandly you all are being clustered about with children. Remember
me to David to all your little ones big to old Mrs Galloway I am glad to hear of her health general comfort Her bodily
eyes are shut but I know that the far-seeing eyes of her soul are open wide that she sees a far richer landscape in the spirit
world than we are able to conceive A pure human Soul is never blind, the whole being becomes one transparent eye ball filled
with God who is Light I hope the little pond with the grand Osmundas is untrampled. I hope to see it someday after these
long ramblings come to a close in the afternoon days of life. I hardly hope to be here more than a year or two longer. My
life work is over all the world My love to Maggie