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The Ex-presidential Situation Has Its Advantages, But With Them Are Certain Drawbacks. The Correspondence Is Large. The Meritorious Demands On One Are Large. More Independent Out Than In Place, But Still Something Of The Bondage Of The Place That Was Willingly Left. On The Whole, However, I Find Many Reasons To Be Content.

The Independence Of All Political And Other Bother Is A Happiness.

The Progress Of Society Is Mainly The Improvement In The Condition Of The Workingmen Of The World.

There Are Two Tendencies In All Our War Talk.... The First Is To Boast, If Not Of Ourselves And Our Deeds, At Least Of Our Army, Our Corps, Our Regiments. The Other Is To Find Fault With, To Criticize, To Censure, To Condemn Others. If There Is A Victory, We Gained It And Must Have The Credit Of It. If There Is A Failure, It Was The Fault Of The Other Fellow,--he Must Be Blamed For It.

For Character, To Prepare For The Inevitable I Recommend Selections From [ralph Waldo] Emerson. His Writings Have Done For Me Far More Than All Other Reading.