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to-day and placed the matter fully before him. He appreciates the importance of the sculptures and will do all that he can to get permission to ship them. The opportunity is now ripe and he will do his best- a better time will never come- So, I look upon it as now or never- Still I am ashamed to ask for so great a favor.
 I am well and up to my neck in work and social follies, After this week the brakes must be set