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Dear Karl,

I did not hear the Lincoln Program you wrote about; and I wish I had. Even with … […]

Well - <u>the book is done</u>. I have a copy right … […] Publication date is now seb. for April 13, a delay caused by their plan of getting pre-publication comments from Beard, Wallace, etc. Those comments ought to be coming in any day now. (I'm not as well informed about this as I should be, but King Gordon left Farrar a couple of weeks ago and went over to <u>The Nation</u>. So I no longer have a close personal tie-up with the company.)

In external apparearance the book is dignified, I think. They used the bind + color …

I have noticed only one misfruit. Somehow the accent got removed from Ilona's last name in the dedication. Probably the …

I hope the various changes, deletions, and re-arrangements that I made in the text + notes will meet your approval, Karl. I {{Page |n°=15}} worried a lot about them, but there wasn't time to consult you. As you will see, I wrote a brief "apology" which lets you out if any bouers have been made. I thought it only fair to explain that you had not had a chance to go over the proofs.

I gave a copy to my friend Lawrence Thomson, a young naval officer who has written a couple of articles for us and who has been my closest friend for many years. He has never done much reading in economics or history, and I was uncertain how the book would strike him. Yesterday, at lunch, he reported that he was already 1/3 of the way through the book, and had been interested all the way - but - (and here is where I hide my head in shame!) that the most fascinating chapter of all had been the one about the Trobriand Islanders. There now! You'll have to admit that I accept humiliation unequivocally.

I wish you were here to talk with. I miss your steady, clear-headed … […]

John
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