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April 15 Chilly cold foggy day.  Spent morning writing letters. 
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April 16  Went to New York and delivered 100 shares N.Y. Air Brake and warrant to Selysberg & Co. - No receipt.  In the evening went to Toch's for supper.  He leaves next Saturday for Europe. 
[[Written vertically in margin]] Reflexions
April 17  Busy somewhat in laboratory with fibre cell process. a rather unsatisfactory day.  I feel tired & depressed.  what's the use of all the complications of this life. why not live in a small house with one or no servants.  What a lot of absurd complications do we carry in our lives.
April 18  Thurlow came back from Boonton and reports progress with the molding. It looks as if Seabury
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was going to avail himself of his option for exclusive license for insulating materials. I  worked somewhat in laboratory on battery jars.  Planted 60 small evergreens and 25 peach trees.  I shall be an old man before they are big but I hope somebody else will have the joy of them.  Evening went to Mr. Baunrigin house. meeting of Anvil.
subject:  Dr. Jenks -- Serum therapy
April 19 Sunday  Worked in laboratory during morning. [[strikethough]]Afternoon[[/strikethrough]] and wrote some letters.  Walter Bowman came here at lunch.  I gave him an order for a one hundred gallon vacuum still.
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