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63 Jennie Cunningham Croly 'Jenny June' We shall all find what we seek. Indianapolis May 1892 Sarah Delina Cropley Marblehead, Mass "Concentration is the secret of strength in all management of human affairs." With kind and happy feelings, for the old fashioned hospitatlity given, Your Friend, S.D.C. May 16th to 19th 1892.
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64 "Make not your rosary of yew berries, Nor let the beetle nor the death moth be Your mournful Psyche, nor the downy owl A partner in your sorrow's mysteries." James Lane Allen Twenty-Fourth of March Eighteen Hundred and Ninety Two. Twenty fifth March and, 1893. [Elveonth?] of March, 1893 (Nine o'clock in the morning: very lonesome: Mrs. Sewall in New York: [Roger?] Sewall away, hunting Van Holk's Convocation paper for me. Delicious coffee for breakfast!/
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65 "Art should interest by the time Art should move by the beautiful Art should [...] by the good Art should I stand by the time to ["M..."] this "intelligence" Move by the beautiful to regenerate the life Provide by the good to probe the heart" a fragment of Descartes teachings March 20th '92 Faithfully yours --Edmund Russell May 1st to May 7th '92 June 2nd June 9th '92
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66 I have seen dear May Wright Sewall in many places where tact and [womanly?] judgment was required and shown by her but, nowhere, have I so felt the versatility of her powers and the greatness of her loving heart as in this dear Home, where her generous, and thoughtful husband, makes life so [full?], and complete, that I sigh as I say: --Oh for more homes like this to make Life better worth the living, Oh for more hearts, so [brave?], and true Gaining, while [were?] giving.
Kate Tannatt Woods Salem Mass
May 20th 1892