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Wise-Clark family papers, December 1864-February 1865
1865-02-01-Page 02
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that the world was a grand mistake, and ought to be converted into a big apple dumpling with the cream of existence poured over it, from which all men could eat and live, without any of the modern shams of high life, or quarrelings over the delicate morsel. In fact that you didn&'t care wether you lived or died, or wether your name was Tom, Dick or Harry; Bill, Ephraim or Moses, I say if you have ever felt thus, you may be able to judge something of my miserable state. Most of the time mud has been at a fearful depth and consistency, making it a question for solemn consideration, wether you should venture beyond the limits of your tent, and run the risk of being mired and swallowed up entirely, or remain theirin, and suffer a gnawing misery in the abdomen for the want of proper nourishment. For the last day or two things have grown more respectable, in the way of weather and appearances. Another thing when a man has not been paid for seven or eight
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that the world was a grand mistake, and ought to be converted into a big apple dumpling with the cream of existence poured over it, from which all men could eat and live, without any of the modern shams of high life, or quarrelings over the delicate morsel. In fact that you didn&'t care wether you lived or died, or wether your name was Tom, Dick or Harry; Bill, Ephraim or Moses, I say if you have ever felt thus, you may be able to judge something of my miserable state. Most of the time mud has been at a fearful depth and consistency, making it a question for solemn consideration, wether you should venture beyond the limits of your tent, and run the risk of being mired and swallowed up entirely, or remain theirin, and suffer a gnawing misery in the abdomen for the want of proper nourishment. For the last day or two things have grown more respectable, in the way of weather and appearances. Another thing when a man has not been paid for seven or eight
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