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1/19/79

To Johanna Goldsmith, 
Some Reactions 

Hanna You may not be the most intelligent girl in history. You may. My respect has been growing for years. and accelerating. 

But this letter! You are so much freer than most and wiser and braver. Here's to your courage! 

So you have learned already that we learn by mistakes...not successes. But you already knew how to feel. Once one can feel and protest strongly, feelings become so specific that they can spit up and got rid of. 

'The difficult can be easy; the impossible takes a little longer' adversity and what to do about it is a very good experience. 

I also recall Auntie Mame: