
Sitting here as usual—nothing very new or different—sunny weather—quiet & dull enough—Jeweler J of N Y. sent me the 10 (by Horace) bowel action this forenoon—a little afraid I got a chill yesterday (worse for my grip)—The great general "intestinal agitation" going on over the U S (& perhaps the civilized world) but nothing heroic or historic in the old sense (special-individualistic) I guess—as I sit here & read the paper, & simmer
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