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ground, and is in a sense [[strikethrough]] any [[/strikethrough]] no interference.
To have the liberty and means to carry out such dreams (?) is a blessing given to but a few, I fear. [[strikethrough]] I fear [[/strikethrough]] For my allotment, I am most thankful.

During my study in the wonderful old Mosques in Cairo, in the Arabian [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] library and museums in the same city, and in meeting intelligent Arabs and Syrians and private Egyptian collectors, I learned enough additional facts to confirm my early impressions [[strikethrough]]is[[/strikethrough]] that my pieces of Racca are all genuine and fully as rare and beautiful as I had supposed. The one open question in regard to that pottery is whether it influenced the Egyptian or whether it was influenced by the Egyptian.