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to day as any here since I came from home talked with J- & A- about __ our former companions it gave rise to melancholy reflections and my thoughts involuntarily turned upon scenes past and ____ from whom I was separated for a long time. Oh how _____ are you to be with them but it is impossible it seems to me as if cannot live with out seeing them in less time than I anticipate; how can I content myself to settle among strangers so far from my friends the future now presents to me but a melancholy prospect those around me are happy they do not know what