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stein and two opposing lawyers who especially see the fees they are going to get. Feel very tired and disgusted
May 2 All day at office Very tired and disgusted and uninterested in everything. Continuous light headaches which are very exhausting and make work an agony.
May 3. Very tired and nervous.  Home all day. Short visit to [[red underline]] Ion [[\red underline]], cannot get interested in anything.
[[underline]] Sunday, 3, May. [[\underline]] Home all day. Very tired, nervous and much depressed. Cold weather keeps on, Cornelia still in hospital. George B has moved in his new house.
May 5.  Dictating belated letters all morning. Very
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tired and nervous and depressed.
May 6. At home all day. Evening to Initiation dinner of [[red underline]] Sigma Xi [[/red underline]] in Faculty Club. - Well attended. I had to make principal speech of evening. "Misdirected efforts in research"  Dr M. T. [[red underline]] Osborne, Bogert, Roy Andrews [[/red underline]] and others also spoke
May 7. Put in safe $100000 certificates of new issue of N.Y State 4 1/4 bonds (1929) Bonus.  These are provisional certificates.
[[strikethrough]] Evening went to Chemists Club to address joint meeting of Am. Chem. Society, Am Electric Chemical Society and Section of Societe de Chemie applique Dr Thomas presiding. I spoke on "Why several Chemical societies" [[strikethrough]]