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some of the unnecessary telephone calls and typewriter ticker.
Jan 30. Feel [[red underline]] still nervous but these quiet surroundings give [[/red underline]] me some rest, altho' even here I am not reproachful because any moment I feel some body may call me at the 'phone and bother me with business.. [[red underline]] [[black underline]] Business [[/black underline]] how I hate the very name! [[/red underline]] Spent most of day in library reading about Burma. Burma pleases me because the people there are not so foolish as [[red underline]] to give most of their time to accumulate wealth. If they have wealth they give [[/red underline]] it away.
A [[red underline]] telephone call [[/red underline]] from Washington from Brickenstein etc. etc.
All this keeps me nervous!
Jan 31. An excellent's night 
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rest but [[red underline]] still that nervous feeling [[/red underline]] that somebody may call me up at the 'phone or that I may be urgently needed. Spent afternoon and evening with Belden Day. The man undoubtedly has had some serious financial reverses altho' he does not speak about it.
Februari 1, 1917. Newspapers announce new note of [[red underline]] Germany [[/red underline]] that she intends to renew [[red underline]] ruthless warfare at sea and threatens to sink all ships [[/red underline]] regardless of nationality, freight or passengers, within a zone covering [[strikethrough]] Enlg [[/strikethrough]] England and France and neighbouring countries. 
A [[strikethrough]] country run a [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] nation "run amuck". [[/red underline]] I have feared something of the kind ever since the war began. All newspapers devote most of the space to this. Will [[red underline]] Wilson [[/red underline]] break off diplomatic relations with Germany? [[red underline]] Will we be dragged into this war? It looks probable. - [[/red underline]] Like usually

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John Henry Brickenstein was a patent lawyer.