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[[strikethrough]] SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1936 [[strikethrough]]
348th Day  3rd Sunday in Advent  18 Days to come
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of the usual sugar Daddy! He also sent a book - Robert Fitzgerald's and Dudley Fitt's [[Fitts']] translation of Euripides' "Alcestis" - Jay's book, Fittz's' book, my book - [[strikethrough]] from [[/strikethrough]] out of Jay, by Fittz's', for me! I expected to find difficulty plunging into a deep Greek tragedy in this world, since I am no reader, but it was like plunging in the cold ocean on a sweltering day, for it brought me down to earth [[strikethrough]] with [[/strikethrough]] in a most refreshing & uncongruous way. The language is so full of beauty, & the play so amazingly simple & real that I read it straight through [[strikethrough]] th [[/strikethrough]] into the wee hours, which are the only consecutive ones I can find nowadays. I loved mythology & science alone in school, [[strikethrough]] & [[/strikethrough]] so I feel [[strikethrough]] most [[/strikethrough]] at home & happy [[strikethrough]] to [[/strikethrough]] when I run into the Gods again. All the biggest experiences & emotions were rolled into Alcestis, & [[strikethrough]] certain [[/strikethrough]] many parts of it [[strikethrough]] seemed [[/strikethrough]] sounded trite, simply because they have remained in our language so long since they are simple truths, that they have become clichés. The love of Admetus & Alcestis is so 


[[strikethrough]] MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1936 [[strikethrough]]
349th Day  17 Days to come
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idealistic & naïve that it makes me realize how much more callous grown people are nowadays, because they have seen nature & history repeat themselves so often that their senses [[strikethrough]] are blunt [[/strikethrough]] & ideals are bluntly realistic. For instance the dying Alcestis asks Admetus to remain single [[strikethrough]] & [[/strikethrough]] so that [[strikethrough]] when she dies [[/strikethrough]] her children won't suffer a step mother, nor her memory be [[strikethrough]] dis [[/strikethrough]] stained etc. Fancy a wise woman asking or a wise man accepting wholeheartedly such a super sensitive idealistic demand nowadays! 

Transcription Notes:
Dudley Fitts, taught at Choate and Phillips Andover