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Correspondence re speeches-
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Correspondence re speeches-
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Hyman, Sidney
August 28, 1959
Dear Sidney:
You are surely very bad for me. If
I ever got convinced of what you say about me,
I should be quite insufferable and would, into
the bargain, lose all capacity to write for
marveling at myself. But your letter is pleas-
ant to read and good of you to write.
Your suggestions about the next order
of business seem feasible and interesting. A
problem arises about the Maryland story since
all parties are very much alive and remain my
friends and neighbors. True they don't read
Harper's; but is that security enough against
hurting their feelings? They took it all, nat-
urally enough, very, very seriously.
You ask whether it is "absolutely
imperative" that I practice law. No, not ab-
solutely, but it helps with the grocery bills
and is not too exacting. Then, too, one cannot
become too purposeful without endangering one's
serendipity. The years, both those during which
I was unfaithful to this 'jealous mistress" and
those which are now merely passing, will, I
believe, pretty well take care of the problem.
Now for the project we talked about.
I was only half serious when we discussed it,
but I have become more so since. The first
TRUMAN
S. a SERVICE' RECORDS UNDER
ARCHIVES 'NATIONAL AND
Mr. Sidney Hyman
3636 16th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. c.
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