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=ticular service further
than to give you an oppor-
=tunity for conversation with
those gentlemen should
occasion require but even
that may aid you - &
it may be well to remember
the ‘Young American’ adage
“Modesty adorns a woman
but ruins a man” – I
would change it somewhat
by striking out ‘modesty’
& inserting diffidence so
far man is concerned –

Did I ever acknowledge
recpt. of the nice fossils?
Well I got them & am much
pleased with them indeed –

In haste
Yours truly
John P. Reynolds