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The Vagabond

Feb. 11th. After playing a little Rimsky-Korsakov on my gramaphone, that is so soft and fresh that pleases me mightily, betimes to the office to see the schedule which is as follows: Professor Taylor in Emerson H at 12 continues his intellectual history of Europe by talking on fifth, sixth and seventh century notions of God and the universe. At 2 o'clock this afternoon Professor Tozzer talks on "Sex and Religion", 3rd floor Peabody Museum. A friend, who knows, tells me this will be exceedingly good. On Thursday at 11 Professor Clark speaks on Hinduism, Harvard 3; at 12 Dr. Sarton speaks on Early Greek Mathematics in Sever 26. Methinks there be much of interest here.

Thence I to lunch at Kirkland House and did browse there in the Library where I was told for the second time of a young Radcliffe one who was very sore at heart to find that "St Francis CCC' was not to be found even in the Widener stacks! But never mind, little one, did not even I once upon a time-seek (Widener's) Treasure Room in Lehman Hall?

Whereupon, I back to the Tower to read again Burton's "Kasidah" and much pleased by the thought:

"'Thy faith why false, my faith why true?

'Tis all the work of Thine and Mine,

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The found and foolish love of self

That makes the Mine excel the Thine.'"

And by and by so to bed.

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