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are not the selfish men he thinks them. I dare say he is shown many times the worst side of artistic life here in New York but it is his misfortune if not his fault if he cannot discriminate between true and false men. At least I chose not to put myself in positions where I am liable to be misunderstood. When I reached home I found that Church had been here and left tickets for Niblos for the evening where we were to meet him and his wife, to my astonishment. I thought they only went to prayer meetings. We went and saw the Volles family in a clever little farce called the Belles of the Kitchen.  Friday I went up to Dr. Otis to be examined as a candidate for the Artists Fund Society. All of my teeth began to be sensitive and I came home and have been wretched with it ever since. Saturday night and Sunday I was down sick with it. Called the Doctor on Sunday and it began to be easier. Today however, a rainy damp day it gives signs of renewed trouble. Saturday night Albert Crane gave us tickets for the last Philharmonic Concert in which Rubenstein conducted his Ocean Symphony. I could not go, but Gifford dined with us and escorted Gertrude. I wrote a note to Avery yesterday that much as I regretted it I would take a thousand dollars for my picture rather than not sell it. Eastman Johnson came in today for a few minutes. He seems a little unsettled about the competitive sale of Mr Moores, to come off but says he will not back out. 

Sunday April 27, 1873 Last Wednesday Gifford gave a charming dinner party in his studio. There were present Vaux & wife, Major Wilkinson & wife, Mary Gifford, her niece Edith Gifford, Sara, Miss Sterling, my wife 

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