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There is hope. We have Walt Whitman, (not so long dead) Dreisen, Auderson, some good sculptors, O'Neill, Ralph Adams Crom, Cass Gilbert, the American Radiation building architect, [Henry] F. Gilbert in music, Von Wyck Brooks, and the Dial. Count your many blessings, count them over over one by one (Sunday school hymn)

Sincerely

Alfred Adams