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write....Now has come the time to stop all foolish fancies (I don't mean about Mr A. because you know I dislike him if I care one way or the other.) My life now I expect will be very full. Full of all kinds of things and I want to enjoy it thoroughly. But I think the way to enjoy it most is to have other interests besides the social ones. If I could have some interest some purpose that would furnish me with thought matter, but not take more time than I would have to spare, it would be so nice. But - comment? I know I would enjoy everything
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I went to fifty times better if I had not thought about it a lot before. How about serious reading. Yes serious reading does at the time, but I know I would not think of it except at the time of reading. How would it do to write a book! You could be plotting and planning all day long & you could write say an hour and a half or two hours a day on it. Choose a subject which really interests you and which must be read up on and weave about it a romance, not sentimental or triffling but of real true live people.