09/09/1919
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"I feel a comradeship with you to-day which is delightful as I look about upon these undisturbed fields and think of the terrible scenes through which you have gone and realize now that the quiet peace..."
"I feel that I have been peculiarly honored in the generous reception you have given me."
"They did not come as strangers in their thoughts."
"It is an ancient friendship, but it has been renewed and has taken on a new youth."