CaryNorman18660424_002

for I neither helped you, or corrected
your work, but only prepared
to do so. I listened to
your reading of it, and will be
ready to correct, when you send
it to me. Finish it when you
have time, for I cannot bear
unfinished things, and send
it to me for correction. When you
need an oration at Yale, you
will do better than this, Mother
believes. If you close your books
always at 9 o'clock, and retire
so as to give your eyes full rest,
I think you will be better.
Apply the eye balm at bed time
on Sat. night, and then do not
read on Sunday. If you use
too much of it, it will inflame
your eyes. Only apply a piece
the size of the head of a pin, and
I have great faith in it, as it