Clemens, whose health earlier in the year had been delicate, becamevery seriously ill at York Harbor. The cablegrams came first--bundles of them fromevery corner of the world--then the letters, a steady inflow. Still it was notabandoned, and the reports of these excursions furnished new interest andnew hope always to the invalid at home. --[To Phelps himself he wrote: I thank you everso much for the book, which I find charming--so charming, indeed, that Iread it through in a single night, & did not regret the lost night'ssleep.
It seemsto me the noblest monument this nation has, yet erected to her greatness. Youknow me, and know my address. Life is a game of whist. foreign & far-off & vaguely remembered country where you & Loomis & Lark and other beloved friends are.
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