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Sag Harbor

July 8th -96
Dear Julia

Here we are since the 4th I
brought your letter and the mag-
azines, your poem is very good I
meant to quote you a line which
struck me as so original, but I
have sent off the mag -- and cant do
so- It is a comfort to recognize
the excellence of your work. I hope
you will not suffer as I do, with
a mistrust and loss of faith which
keeps me from writing. Stoddard
will notice your little book. For
some weeks I have had the fore-
boding that the glasses promised
Stoddard would not do as much
for him as we hoped -- and it is so --
He never will have any general
sight to speak of. A certain narrow