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in and the Army of fools, and sugar trust thieves
will defeat all his good purposes(?), and I fear make
his administration a failure.

You speak of desiring to come here. You would
never regret it. I long for the time when I can go
away the islands of the Archipelago. I saw just
enough of them to desire to spend three weeks among
them. Crete Tenedos, Somathrace, Imbros, and the rest. No
tourist goes among them, and I am told that in
Crete the old Greek type of man, with its clasic{sic}
beauty, may be seen as wrought by the chisel
of Phydias. If you will put your house in order
and return with me in June next, I would be
delighted, and would do those islands with you
as I return; instead of spending the 40 days
in transit back home, allowed me, in looking
at them as I had intended.

I dont think I can come back here
without my wife. Life is so short, that it dont
pay me to save just a few dollars at the expense