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necessary it was for you to see the physician ad I was glad that you could go to him instead of his being sent for to come to you as I feared, on Tuesday. I wish the [[?]] were near Phila. but ____ well - if you must go far away from us. I can be content that it is not to go back to Nebraska for a while. Oh! I did want to talk with you about so many things, and I do not quite relinquish the hope that I may see you again before you leave New York. My sister & I planned some time ago to go to New York. the last of September for two days. She wants [[?]]


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enthusiasm in your expressive face which seemed to lift you above the suffering legs and yet which meant some increased pain and exhaustion when the animating thought  was spent moved me so deeply that I dared not trust myself [[then?]] to feebly express. [[?]] the pride I felt in you as a woman and a friend and the intellectual delight I gained from the beautiful papers you had read. The intense heat of Wednesday prevented my going to the Academy of Music; and when I reached there yesterday morning I was too late to see you. Your landlady at "225," told me how exhausted you were. Then