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Still down sick—it holds on day & night—(well have they call'd it the grip)—I am sitting in my chair to write this, but I feel more like lying down, & shall presently do so—I am quite sure nothing serious or at all alarming—will probably blow over this coming week—No I do not know either the origin nor purpose of the McDermot piece nor do I care a straw—I have sent you Dr Brinton's fine monograph ab't Bruno—(if you want one or two more I can send them)—We are having quite a clientage among scientists & doctors—a while ago it was actors & artists—Could not eat any breakfast—drank a cup of near-hot milk—shall try to take a bowl of chicken & rice soup at 4—pretty dismal with me—Warren is very good & kind & so Mrs: D[avis]—Of course the massages are given up for the present—two days ago (f'm weather & other reasons)—I sweat freely, & was better offer—but these two current days are cold—

near 3 P M—have been lying down—up to finish this & send it off—weak & miserable & phlegm-suffocated to an extreme—O the beautiful bright clean sunshiny day & the young ones out in their pretty clothes—

Love to all— Walt Whitman