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my return, but if there is any thing that gives it to me more easily than any thing else, it is writing after a meal. And so I have slighted it to save myself, and hope you will forgive me, for it was much against my desire, as I wanted to write with concentration and more than I did. 
Van Cleve writes that he may soon be at home on a short visit when I hope to see him. Says he