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         In reply to all invitations from Chicago to share the
25    hospitality of their beautiful homes at any time during
         the great wonder of the world, the World’s Fair, I say,
         Do not expect me. I have no desire to see or to hear
         what is to be offered upon this approaching occasion.

         I have a world of wisdom and Love to contemplate,
30    that concerns me, and you, infinitely beyond all earthly

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1      expositions or exhibitions. In return for your kindness,
         I earnestly invite you to its contemplation with me, and
         to preparation to behold it.