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a head doesn't strike me as so terribly long.  Of necessity you can't feel like drawing such a thing at all times.  You must have the right kind of feeling, inspiration to be able to work at it and then the drawing of such a thing can't be [[strikethrough]] a [[/strikethrough]] small. [[strikethrough]] thing [[/strikethrough]]  If it were [[strikethrough]] ly [[/strikethrough]] merely sketched in, then a week would be long, but drawn and finished as it is, I can't regard it as slow work.

Father has consented to my going to Bass Rocks, Mass. the place I believe I wrote you that Dr. Peterson had recommended, so now all that remains to be done is to find a furnished cottage rentable for a moderate price & with a stable, a most easy