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  My dear Whitman—

On return from Washington last night found your good letter.

Of course you will have a chance to say your say on the 21st and the more you say the better—What you propose is apt and beautiful   but you will think of more.

The occasion, the climate, the subtle something that gives to an audience a personality that dominates speakers and hearers—all these will determine what Walt Whitman has to say.—

I hope the night will be good—that   you will be in unusual health and spirits, and that you will be satisfied

with your friend R.G. Ingersoll