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VERNON T. STOUTEMYER 15250 Friend Street Pacific Palisades, California

through some of those places, I think that we must develop a Spartan toughness it [sic] we are to stand up under the war of nerves ahead of us. On the other hand perhaps there s a need for a bit of Epicureanism - the ability to grasp and enjoy some of the small pleasures of life - even under great difficulties.

   Professional work - scientific work -  is exacting and it is difficult to read widely  - to go much to the theater - etc. so perhaps it resolves itself to the choice of the best.  I think that it is a mistake - a sad one - to let a career in science - or anything else crowd out all of the things which make for complete living.
   In a way, perhaps you have encountered the same problem in your literary work on the encyclopaedia, [sic] when probably your creative impulses are more along the line of belles lettres.
   Book publishing is a tough game - costs are so high.  In the technical field, it is difficult to keep under $10.  That was one reason I did not go on with my first project - I felt that the drastic trimming necessary to