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Slept poorly, not rested sufficiently.  Waiting for news from the [[red underline]] SS. Cleveland [[/red underline]]
Pouring rain most of morning. Restful day.  Took needed sleep during afternoon.
Sept. 2. 1912.  Up very early to go to Hoboken to meet [[strikethrough]] stem [[/strikethrough]] steamer with motor car.
Yesterday [[red underline]] George [[/red underline]] gave me some pointers on [[red underline]] shaving [[/red underline]]! Very little of our "children" left.  Arrived Hoboken about 8 A.M. Three steamers arrived at one time.  Usual hurry and confusion.  Took [[red underline]] Lebach [[/red underline]] and his wife and Wirth all in my motorcar to
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Columbia University after many delays.  arrived there just in time to hear last part of [[red underline]] Raschig's lecture [[/red underline]] which he devoted entirely to [[red underline]] Bakelite. [[/red underline]] and gave prominent importance to it.  Everything he said was unobjectionable and gave my work much prominence.  In fact it was so to speak the scientific endorsement of a man who is considered the principal authority on the chemistry of phenol. I felt naturally much pleased . Specially because Raschig is a [[red underline]] rival [[/red underline]] of the Rutgerswerke and because we have been fighting each other in the [[strikethrough]] paten [[/strikethrough]] german patent office and we are still fighting.
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