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But it became clear that thiswould not do. I have written 12,000 words of this new narrative, & find that the humor flows as easily as the adventures & surprises--so I shall go along and make a book of from 50,000 to 100,000 words. Howells went back to Boston tired out, butelate in the prospect of imminent fortune. I will give you the details.

To me both are inconsequential. Somewhat later an opportunity came along to buy an interestin a preparation of skimmed milk, an invalid food by which the human racewas going to be healed of most of its ills. Nations have often mourned ahero--and races--but perhaps never before had the entire world reallyunited in tender sorrow for the death of any man. The little bust of Grant which Gerhardt worked on that day was widelyreproduced in terra-cotta, and is still regarded by many as the mostnearly correct likeness of Grant.