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and spent there until 4:15 P.M. discussing various problems with housing He went to see La Dow in regard to phonograph records. Then joined Celine at Belmont Hotel took supper then
[[red line in left margin]] taxied to Hammerstein's Opera House. Saw Salome gruesome, unnatural play, full house, music
even is no redeemer for its gruesomeness. would call music as artificial as the play. Good heaven is under pretext of art
[[/red line in left margin]] they give us such stuff! Artists have tried for thousands of years
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to civilize us. What have they accomplished? Have they stopped, tyranny, selfishness, greed, injustice, immorality? Engineers
and scientists will accomplish more in one century than all the artists poets and similar emotionalists have done since the beginning of he world! [[/red line in left margin]]
Feb. 4. Spent day dictating letters and working in the laboratory  I was sorry to cause [[strikethrough]] off [[/strikethrough]]
Gotthelf to feel very sad because being very much in a hurry I addressed him rather abruptly so as to make him unfortunately
believe I was dissatisfied
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