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[1975] HARVARD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE WARREN HOUSE CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138 Dear Jack: I was glad to get your Christmas note with your backward glance at the Hooverville [dery?]. I don't know whether or not we shall merely in recessional and avoid being depressional but I don't have much confidence in the Admiral who's new trimming the sail of the Ship of State or in the recently elected vice-admiral. Pretty soon I'll be reading the examination papers of students who have read The Disinherited and getting ready for next term. It's been a rough year, what with [? ten?] teaching assignments, committees, and lots of outside tasks. I hope things are going swimmingly in Moberly. Some time I'd love to visit you in your natural habitat and have some long