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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, April -August, 1942
1942-05-02 Page 1
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May 2 '42 Dearest: I couldn't see how any difference in age could matter to us. My heart said it couldn't. My mind, after mulling over all possible objections, rejected them and agreed with my heart. My dear, as I once said, age is not a matter of years but of attitude; and it is. To me you are of the same age as I. Since you have told me, you are a little older (in point of years) than I...Let's leave the whole matter at that and forget it. You are the one for whom I sought and I cannot let years keep us apart. We were made for each other and it would be a terrible mistake to
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May 2 '42 Dearest: I couldn't see how any difference in age could matter to us. My heart said it couldn't. My mind, after mulling over all possible objections, rejected them and agreed with my heart. My dear, as I once said, age is not a matter of years but of attitude; and it is. To me you are of the same age as I. Since you have told me, you are a little older (in point of years) than I...Let's leave the whole matter at that and forget it. You are the one for whom I sought and I cannot let years keep us apart. We were made for each other and it would be a terrible mistake to
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