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A bad day—but I hold the fort—perturbed bowel & water works regions—partial evacuation (impacted) this mn'g—comforted to get y'r letter to day & Horace's last evn'g—no visitors to-day—toast & tea for breakfast—am expecting one of Mary Davis's nice rice puddings (baked in old red tile dish) for my supper—am looking out for some good prunes—the huge banditti financial inside exposé in Phila continues—the deeper it probed the worse it appears—is a significant item of business & social life, rottening the whole city, community—no, perhaps that is too far, but it is general enough—fine steady sunny day, cool, some breeze—Warry groans at my refusal to go out—but I have hardly power to raise my hand to my head—& this letter is mostly automatic—

Walt Whitman