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  • Walter E. Dandy Letter 03/13/1912

    89 Anson Street

    Barrow in Furness, England

    March 13, 1912

    Well My Dear Boy,

    …I was rather surprised to learn in your last letter that you might go over to general surgery. Of course I don't know much about it but it looks to me as though it would be time wasted unless you intend to practice general surgery and if you do I think it would be a more crowded field than brain surgery. However your good judjment knows more than my poor judjment.…

    We take good long and pretty walks arround here almost every day. It was blowing hard about a week ago so we went to see the wind play with the Irish sea. Big waves would come rolling in shore and Mama like a little girl would go close to them. Then she would have to run to keep out of the way of the next big one.

    Coming home we went by an old settlement of houses built in old style. The natives used to make a living going and plundering and robbing ship wrecked vesels as it is considered very rough coast. We came across one house that was built in 1684 and still looks pretty good.…

    Your affectionate Father

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