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Superb sunny day again & I am feeling all as right as could be expected—Still on mutton broth with toast & plenty of rice & a few mouthfuls of the stew'd mutton. As I told you, bowel action fair—A little of what I call cold in the head, but slight so far—Dr Walsh here last evn'g—he himself quite unwell—no Osler now for a fortnight—I enclose Mrs: O'C[onnor]'s card rec'd this mn'g—Ed: Stafford has been here—they are all well as usual & every thing goes on the same as of old—

So we have commenced on another year—& where it will take us, & how, are indeed mercifully hidden—for the pique of weaving & watching (with a gambler's uncertainty) makes the background & basis of the whole business—I have been reading "Goethe's & Carlyle's correspondence" wh' I find interesting—presents C in a different light from any other—

Walt Whitman