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With great deal of love for yourself and Pa- I am your affectionate son Fred You are right I am a very great admirer of Miss Mollie Blackman. Glad to hear the old lady had a thought about it- talk nicely to hear in my behalf. When I get to be a doctor who knows but I might bow and scrape in that direction you know the young lady�s brother is a great friend of mine see how I have calculated University of Miss Oxford Miss February 5th 1871 My dear Mother Yours of the 28th and 30th ultimo lie before me the latter being received yesterday evening after a due course through the mail, and several days since I had the pleasure of breaking the seal of the former; having been posted by Mr. Thompson. I was sorry to learn by this one that you have had such a paucity of letters from your �Oxford correspondent� but I assure you dear Ma it is not this fault, and I feel sure you will readily exculpate him from the intention of any neglect that might have been manifest on his part when I tell you he has been punctual in writing to that one (you my dear [illegible words] who has always commanded punctuality by setting the example. Examination is near at hand and after it takes place I shall surely add to the list of my studies which I agree with you are entirely too few in number. I have come to the conclusion as the B.S. course has only a few studies for the first term that I can begin the study of French without any detriment to those branches assorted for the first term. I will have to study Algebra in the summer months. Your last letter had a very salutary effect in arousing those of my energies that might have fallen into a dormant state on account of to little to do, and I assume you it was in every way welcome it was the kind I like to receive from you, stimulating and remind me of the flight of the golden moment with the lustre of their glittering opportunities. I highly appreciate yours, as well as, Pa�s hopes and fears for any success here as also in the great arena I am to take a part, and it is my most earnest desire to make the sequel of my College life glorious with the acquisition of all that is honorable and praiseworthy. I doubt not that if you had looked in on an assemblage of club mates and myself last night, being Saturday, you would have been horrified in the extreme we were not worshiping �Bachus� by no means, but you very likely would have come to the conclusion that we were exceedingly great admirers and adherents to the doctrines of that ancient- Philosopher- Epicurius, who argued that man should seek after pleasure, this we did and certainly found by discussing a large number of boiled eggs- we had seven doz.; for nine persons to devour so many is enough to make you exclaimed with �Dominic, Sampson, Prodigious! Prodigious!Pro-di-gious! Let me know how my report stands when you receive it; I hope good. I miss the paper very much but of course you can�t ask Mr. Hardaway to be troubled with to much mail matter. I have read the following recently �Rob Roy� �Guy Mannening,� �Hamlet�, �Richard the Third,� �Othello� and �Romeo and Juliet�, as well as a little [Grecian] [Lanier] among the number.