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pencilled note [1975]

letterhead 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 days. I don't know whether or not we shall merely be recessional and avoid being depressional but I don't have much confidence in the Admiral who's now 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 extra 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 native habitat and have some long