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I am about to leave Cambridge to go & I know not where, perhaps to New York, perhaps to Maine; wherever I
may be - I shall always rejoice to hear - of your
success and to give you any aid in my power, but of pecuniary assistance I can afford you none, for I shall
be obliged to depend on others for establishment in
my profession. The sum necessary for supporting you
at the Academy two quarters will be 50 or 60 dollars,
___ tuition 6 dollars a quarter will be given
___ ____ not know that you need any thing else; _____
to Andover as soon as you can, show your testimonials of character to Mr. Adams, mention that you are the
person concerning whom I wrote to him sometime since
ask his advice respecting your boarding place, & every thing else you may wish to know. I have said a
good deal of the importance of study, I must say one word of the momentous importance of exercise. Exercise is
the universal remedy for every complaint of the
student, the old rule was walk a mile for every
hour you study, it is immaterial what kind of
exercise you make use of, provided you take enough.
Let me hear from you as often as you can conveniently, I shall
leave this place tomorrow or next day, but shall probably be here a
a few days at the beginning of Oct. Give my love to your father's family &
accept my best wishes for your success, Your sincerely Saml B. Alcott