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Yours of 22d has come & is welcomed—That must have been a most satisfactory affair at the church—no doubt it will all have to grow & adjust & form itself—but my idea is it is a real thing appropriate & good & with money & a healthy life action in it—a good plan & don't you abandon it—Horace was here night before last for an hour or so—of course we talk'd mostly ab't you—Seems to me you had better come back here, & get good & ready & radiate from here—Interior NY State & Canada, are good areas to rummage next summer—But of course you must judge & decide for yourself—Harned's hurt is not serious—he is out again I believe tho' I havn't​ haven't​ seen him—Dr Bucke is still in Florida—will probably be here next week—he enjoys F immensely—Rhys is east (Boston)—I get word from Kennedy—Eakins' pict. is ab't finished—it is over in Phila—it is a portrait work of power & realism ("a poor old blind despised & dying King")—Things with me ab't the same—Mrs. D is well—is in the back room working—my canary is singing away as I write. three little boys have just been in to see me—my respects & love to y'r mother & all—tell Henry I rec'd his card—no definite day set for the Fidelity lect: I am waiting for the Hicks bust—

Walt Whitman