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maly a splendid painting by Herter of a [[red underline]] blind American soldier returning from the battle and led by his mother and his wife. [[/red underline]] Another full day in court Direct and cross. [[red underline]] Neave made mistake of chopping [[/red underline]] up my intended testimony about the Luft patent so that whole effect was missed and many important things were left unsaid. [[red underline]] Result we all feel disappointed [[/red underline]] and we shall have to demonstrate [[red underline]] Luft in court. [[/red underline]]
Evening Townsend and myself went to see a rather weird play: "The [[red underline]] unknown purple" [[/red underline]] where the main character was an inventor- [[red underline]] chemist and his selfish faithless wife [[/red underline]]
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Nothing comparable with my case except the chemical inventor. [[red underline]] Returning soldiers from Europe everywhere, all quiet, modest but imposing looking fellows. [[/red underline]] Makes me feel good to look at their quiet silent serious, yet cheerful behavior.
[[underline]] April 26. [[/underline]] Early to court. [[red underline]] Dr. Edward Weston of electrical [[/red underline]] inventor's fame made an excellent witness for us. [[strikethrough]] Adjourned aft [[/strikethrough]] Then Lee in cross examining got some [[?]] answers which rather seem to have bewildered him because after we had announced that we could not perform our intended experiment this afternoon he [[red underline]] requested adjournment [[/red underline]] because he needed time to prepare further questions for