February 4,1919* 
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MJanIjitigtim, 0. <L 
Dear Will: 
Zour letter oame yesterday.I am mighty sorry to learn that you are 
suffering from a dizzy spell. The thing may not be Berious but it is about as un¬ 
comfortable a feeling as i know of,and sofcSink several of my friends,especially 
Mann, who suffer from it and kindred feelings from time to time.Just now I am 
reasonably free of it,and in conseqence am smoking again.When under the influ¬ 
ence of one of those attacks,even though a light one,I am on Fisher 1 s side of 
the toabaooo question,and am quite ready to join the anti-tobaooo league or any 
other fool league whioh prohibits the raising and sale of the vile weed.‘Things 
are rapidly coming to pass so that all virtues will be ours as the result of 
legislation,and all vices will disappear from the face of the eatth.Meantime 
let us smoke while and yjhen we may. 
You used the term "perfunotoryi’as applying to my paper.-That is exaotly the 
phrase.All along I was sensible of writing in a perfunctory manner, and in responsj 
to necessity.when I promised the paper I should have refused to be bound by any 
time limit.1 was not prepared to write to many of the headings,and of course the 
writing was perfunotory.though I doubt if any less familiar that you with my 
stuff would kbow exaotly what the matter was,though no doubt they would detect 
something wrong.As I told you I found the kind of writing very difficult since 
I was not fully prepared.Neither you nor I were ever intimate with Baird,and we 
saw only his official side.How then are you going to sum up hia personal side? 
I have known B.B.for many years but I was never in the fiAid with him but onee. 
