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Mr. [Poppleton?] or Senator
[Maniterson?} speak
in the evening of the Opera Home.
I feel that Miss Anthony is
very uncertain & I
know my capacity to
speak is doubtful.
I cannot stand to
speak even five
minutes & my voice
is very husky. It
has always been a
pitiful sight to me
when old people
lay superfluous on the
stage