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meeting.  A [[underlined]] record [[/underlined]] meeting says our secretary.  As Chairman [[underlined in red]] I introduced the subject by a speech against war and the uses of explosives in the arts of peace.  [[/underlined]]  This acted as a detonating cap to Maxim who started using brilliant rhetoric defending war etc. and gave us a very interesting and very well delivered lecture.  After meeting I drove Evans and Rebman first to Lotus Club then to Kingsbridge and I arrived home after mid night.  Beautiful moon light.
Oct. 10  Worked in lab and was
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called up by telephone by Lansing who told me Robert and Emil Mond were at St. Regis and desired to meet me.  In the evening I drove to New York.  met them, put them up at the University Club then with Mr. Lucas one of their engineers we went to Martin's where I had a most interesting evening with these gentlemen, talking over may interesting subjects. in and outside the departments of Chemistry.  I arrived home at about 1 P.M. (Chrg D. & F. Co $30.00 for [[D. & F. $30.00 X written in margin]] sundry expenses incurred in their behalf.
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