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which had apparently gone to Rio de
Janeiro before I received it -- I also received
a late one from Edward from France
& then tells what you said of your
probably going up to the front etc ---

"I hope that you will save it as these
letters of Edwards are valuable and
he will like to see them when all
is over. The last paragraph shows
the dear boy to be homesick - but with
the right spirit --- the indomitible [indomitable] spirit
of carrying things though ---

He is a great boy with a heart big
and gentle and I hate to see him
where he is -- I [underlined] am the one who