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Dear Cousin
Mr Curtis & no man is perfect, we all have  
  You wish to know my opinion of Mr Curtis &c no man is perfect, we all have our shortcomings, people living in a community stronly [sic] & powerfully operated upon by party feelings and prejudice view these shortcomings very differently in those who sympathize with us, from those whose sympathy cross our path - Mr Curtis is a man of talents, a man of much energy of Character, he is very much respected by his Church in Chicago, is conservative in his feelings and I have no doubt would make himself quite acceptable in Galesbury had it not been for party feeling which so lamentably prevails, those teachers who have not rendered themselves [[underlined: particularly]] obnoxious by their previous course I [[underlined: think]] need be under no apprehension that thro' the agency of Mr C they will be displaced on account of their being Congregationalists. I went to the depot to meet the cars last Saturday evening hoping to see you, love to you & your sister
our shortcomings, people living in a community  
Afftyly yours
stronly & powerfully operated upon by purty feelings  
D. L Roberts
and prejudice view these shortcomings very differ-
ently in those who sympathize with us, from  
those whose sympathy crops our path -  
Mr Curtis is aa man of talent, a man of much  
energy of character, he is very much respected  
by his Church in Chicago, is conservative in his  
feelings and I have no doubt would make  
himself quite acceptable in Galesbury had it  
not been for purty feeling which so lamentably  
prevails, those teachers who have not rendered them-
selves particularly obnoxious by their previous  
course I think need be under no apprehension  
that thro' the agency of Mr C they will be dis-
placed on account of their being Congregationalists.

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Dear Cousin

  You wish to know my opinion of Mr Curtis &c no man is perfect, we all have our shortcomings, people living in a community stronly [sic] & powerfully operated upon by party feelings and prejudice view these shortcomings very differently in those who sympathize with us, from those whose sympathy cross our path - Mr Curtis is a man of talents, a man of much energy of Character, he is very much respected by his Church in Chicago, is conservative in his feelings and I have no doubt would make himself quite acceptable in Galesbury had it not been for party feeling which so lamentably prevails, those teachers who have not rendered themselves underlined: particularly obnoxious by their previous course I underlined: think need be under no apprehension that thro' the agency of Mr C they will be displaced on account of their being Congregationalists. I went to the depot to meet the cars last Saturday evening hoping to see you, love to you & your sister 

Afftyly yours

D. L Roberts