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the welfare of him & his as
well as your sympathy
with them in their domestic bereavement.
Such things do not often
occur and are to be prized
accordingly.

I have often, in the
regions of fancy, pictured
the scenes of which you
paint the reality, and ardently
wished that I might be able
one day to visit the places
of celebrity in the old
countries of Europe – but
such a hope will never be
realized – But what a great
advantage it must be to
travel