Am as well as c'd be expected, & still hold the fort (sort o') as we say. Dr Johnston has arrived & has been with me the last hour, & is well, & is to come to-morrow—Dear friend, y'r appreciation & kindness & messages are indeed accepted & absorbed fully by me. I am getting along better than you fancy, tho old & completely physically disabled & paralyzed—hot weather (extra) here—Love to you & the friends—
Walt Whitman(thanks for the Dante books)