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Dear Dorothy: I was out of town yesterday so did not get to read your note until last night. I am still, however, at loss for a reply. I would deny before the world that you are stupid. Equally would I deny that you are deaf. Which makes your request for clarification difficult to fill, all things considered. Perhaps I should just apologize for being so outspoken and abrupt. - And for temporizing ---. I am certain that you can fill in the gaps that brought the explosion to such a heat. Someday perhaps I will learn the futility of fighting the machines, and protesting to those who serve them. With all best wishes Clyff. Clyff Jan. [[cross-out]] Dec [[/cross-out]] 18, 1957 N.Y.