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interest on the money I
am using. And if I don't
take it I can't go to school
or any thing else. So what
should I do? Take the money–
Do the best I can with it
and perchance in a year or
two I can do better? That
is one objection. Another
is I don't want to be helped
while Willis is having the best
years of his life by "[?]
around" in his efforts to earn
a little necessary money.
Another reason for my wanting
to go west is that I have
an almost uncontrollable
desire to go and see — never
having been out of my native
state and to engage in the
battle – poorly equipped though
I be – So I think I shall go.
Write me at Oberlin – plenty of
[times?] [?] Of course I shall [?] [?]
should go – come to see you and consult