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Draft of a speech; alternative text is interlined without carets for placement; my best interpretations. RMR

I am sometimes afraid/wonder whether we will spoil those dear boys/brave soldier boys who have perilled their lives for us with the honors showered/our weal, by showering such honors upon them when they return to their homes, but I fear those left lingering on beds of suffering at the hospitals I have far more fear /am more afraid lest