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averaging, how many

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people the

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committee were

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decreeing not

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select every day,

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and banishing in

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sorrow and

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tribulation.

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I was glad to know

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that we were to

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have a little

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printing press on

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board and issue a

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daily newspaper of

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our own.

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I was glad to learn

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that our piano, our

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parlor organ, and

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our melodian were

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to be the best

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instruments of the

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kind that could be

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had in the market.

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I was proud to

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observe that among

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our excursionists

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were three

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ministers of the

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gospel, eight

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doctors,

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sixteen or eighteen

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ladies,

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several military

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and naval

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chieftains with

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sounding titles,

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an ample crop of

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professors of

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various kinds,

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and a gentleman who

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had Commissioner of

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the United States

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of America to

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Europe, Asia, and

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Africa,

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thundering after

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his name in one

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awful blast.

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I had carefully

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prepared myself to

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take rather a

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backseat in that

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ship because of the

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uncommonly select

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material that would

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alone be permitted

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to pass through the

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camel's eye of that

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commitee on—