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Since Sunday we have not been able to ride. I still box with Grant, who has now become the champion middleweight wrestler of the United States. SINCE SUNDAY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO RIDE I STILL BOX WITH GRANT WHO HAS NOW BECOME THE CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT WRESTLER OF THE UNITED STATES
to, it would be far better to think just as little as possible about coming home and resolutely set yourself to putting your best thought into your work. It is an illustration of the old adage about putting your hand to the plow and then looking back. In after life, of course, it is always possible that at some time you may have to go away for a year or two from home to do some piece of work. If during that whole time you only thought day after day of how soon you would get home I think you would find it difficult to do your best work; and maybe this feeling may be partly responsible for the trouble with the lessons at school. Wednesday, Washington's Birthday, I went to Philadelphia and made a speech at the University of Pennsylvania, took lunch with the Philadelphia City Troop and came home the same afternoon with less fatigue than most of my trips cost me; for I was able to dodge the awful evening banquet and the night on the train which taken together drive me nearly melancholy mad. ARE ABLE TO IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER TO THINK JUST AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE ABOUT COMING HOME AND RESOLUTELY SET YOURSELF TO PUTTING YOUR BEST THOUGHT INTO YOUR WORK IT IS AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE OLD ADAGE ABOUT PUTTING YOUR HAND TO THE PLOUGH AND THEN LOOKING BACK IN AFTER LIFE OF COURSE IT IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE THAT AT SOME TIME YOU MAY HAVE TO GO AWAY FOR A YEAR OR TWO FROM HOME TO DO SOME PIECE OF WORK IF DURING THAT WHOLE TIME YOU ONLY THOUGHT DAY AFTER DAY OF HOW SOON YOU WOULD GET HOME I THINK YOU WOULD FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DO YOUR BEST WORK AND MAYBE THIS FEELING MAY BE PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR TROUBLE WITH THE LESSONS AT SCHOOL WEDNESDAY WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY I WENT TO PHILADELPHIA AND MADE A SPEECH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA TOOK LUNCH WITH THE PHILADELPHIA CITY TROOP AND CAME HOME THE SAME AFTERNOON WITH LESS FATIGUE THAN MOST OF MY TRIPS COST ME FOR I WAS ABLE TO DODGE THE AWFUL EVENING BANQUET AND THE NIGHT ON THE TRAIN WHICH TAKEN TOGETHER DRIVE ME NEARLY MELANCHOLY MAD
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