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,TAGS 3 EMMA GOLDMAN1 !ODORE DREIS]1 DREIS]1 P>IS1 PEOPLE1 #a#i#b#f1 LETT]1 ?ANK1 /RUGGLE1 WORK4 

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,DE> ,!ODORE ,DREIS] 

,BE=E Y\ LEAVE ,P>IS ,I WANT TO LET Y\ KN[ H[ MU* ,I HAVE 5JOY$ ! EV5+ ) Y\ & ?ANK Y\ = IT4 ,I CAN NOT BEG9 TO TELL Y\ H[ HUNGRY ,I AM = SOME ( ! PEOPLE :O HAVE BE5 9 MY LIFE 9 ,AM]ICA-PEOPLE :O BEGAN !IR /RUGGLE ALMO/ AT ! SAME TIME ) ME & :OM ,I HAVE SE5 GR[ & DO WOR? :ILE ?+S4 ,TO ME IT WAS NEV] SO IMPORTANT :E!R !SE PEOPLE HAVE *OS5 ! ?ORNY PA? ?AT WAS M9E1 BUT ?AT !Y SET \T TO GIVE SOME?+ \T ( ! ORD9>Y4 ,Y\ >E AMONG !M & ONE :O HAS C]TA9LY GIV5 LA/+ WORK4 ,& :AT IS MORE1 Y\ HAVE NOT /OPP$ GR[+1 ?AT IS MORE ?AN CAN BE SAID = O!R ( \R [N G5]ATION4 ,IT IS !RE=E NOT IDLE FLATT]Y :5 ,I TELL Y\ ?AT MY HE>T LEAP$ :5 ,I READ ?AT Y\ W]E 9 ,P>IS & ?AT ,I MI<T SEE Y\4 

,AS Y\ SAID Y\RSELF1 ,I HAD MANY PEOPLE >\ND ME :O :ILE ,I WAS 9 ,AM]ICA %[$ CONSID]ABLE 9T]E/ 9 MY WORK & FRI5D%IP = ME4 ,BUT ! ,RUSSIAN DEB.<N.>OLE & ! W> HAVE %IFT$ ALL VALUES1 MO/ ( ALL ! VALUES ( 9TEGRITY & FE>LESSNESS4 ,! V]Y PEOPLE :O POS$ AS MY FRI5DS >E N[ AMONG MY BITT]E/ 5EMIES4 ,?AT IS !IR RI<T4 ,I C]TA9LY NEV] ASK$ = ANY?+ ?AT C\LD NOT BE GIV5 VOLUNT>ILY & GLADLY4 ,BUT ?AT MAKES MY LONEL9ESS MORE POIGNANT4 ,= N[ ,I HAVE ONLY V]Y FEW :OM ,I W\LD CALL MY FRI5DS1 :O REALLY C>E :E!R ,I AM DEAD OR ALIVE4 ,I CONFESS ,I DID NOT ?9K ?AT Y\ W]E ! .<MANY BE.>8 V]Y FEW BECAUSE WE HAVE BE5 ?R[N TOGE!R LESS ?AN ,I HAVE BE5 ) O!RS4 ,IMAG9E !N MY JOY TO F9D Y\ SO EAG] & SO 9T5SELY 9T]E/$ 9 MY /RUGGLE & ! ?+S ,I WANT TO DO4 ,REALLY IT WAS A REVELATION1 A BRI<T RAY FROM A D>K HORIZON4 ,IT W>N$ ME ALL OV] & MADE ME FEEL ?AT ,I AM NOT SO T]RIBLY CUT (F FROM EV]Y?+ AS ,I ?\<T ,I WAS4 ,I CAN NO ?ANK Y\ 5\< = IT DE> ,!ODORE ,DREIS]4 ,NO MATT] :E!R Y\ WILL SUCCE$ 9 HELP+ ME 9 ! TASK ,I HAVE BE=E ME1 MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY1 OR IF Y\ WILL NEV] BE ABLE TO SO ANY ?+ = ME1 ! W>M1 FRI5DLY SPIRIT OR ,MONDAY NI<T WILL ALWAYS REMA9 ) ME4 ,?ANKS OLD MAN4 

,I %\LD BE V]Y HAPPY TO HE> FROM Y\ OCCASIONALLY4 ,! ,AM]ICAN ,EXPRESS ,CO4 ,P>IS1 WILL REA* ME1 LAT] ,I WILL S5D Y\ ANO!R ADDRESS4 ,BE SURE TO ADDRESS ME ALWAYS UND] ,E ,COLTON4 

,PLEASE REMEMB] ME MO/ K9DLY TO ,MRS ,DREIS]4 ,I LIK$ H] IMM5SELY4 ,GOOD LUCK TO BO? ( Y\ & A PLEASANT TRIP BACK HOME4  

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