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also caution the chef. In fact, he had better not unpack them, simply keep them in a dry place - third floor or den - They are extremely old, some many centuries and nearly all sacred having come principally from an old tomb "two hundred miles Indus way, in the jungle" They cost me the amazing sum of 19 Rupees equal to $5.00/100 but I would not take as many hundred for

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them and in part, I know what they are - The man who sold me some of them knew too, but he cared more for a good opium spree just then than for even Allah himself- These Muhammadans will never be admitted to Hades: They would too quickly corrupt satan- I cant help loving them one minute and d-ing them the next - which of course, in turn, simply shows me no better than they- Oh! well, strange world this, where so much depends upon the point of view! 

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My wish for you and yours today, is that your point of view may ever [[crossed out]] be the right one and reveal to one and all much happiness -

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Faithfully
CLF

[[left margin]] Kindly tell Henry I am occasionally sculling in a postage stamp for his collection, but I am not up on rare states &c, &c.
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