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election we'll ever have is coming. Lincoln's was important - & others, in starting this country, but now that it is a full fledged country - our relations with outside world will be our mainstay or our downfall. In any case we'll feel the world revolution greatly. As far as the fate of my [[strikethrough]] W [[/strikethrough]] closest friends go, here is the news. Lucys (my niece & Godchild) little Lily is sick again with that horrible disease we thought she was over. She looks very badly, but is up, & Lucy is wonderful. Lucy's new 2 months' old baby is lovely - looks like Daddy, & thank heaven she has it. Sarah is also having a baby in 3 months, & is having a hell of a time which she is heroic about. Stirling is gravely ill, & Lord knows how long he will live, though she is concerned he will. I saw