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30 November 1943
Diamond, Sidney, (1922-1945)
to Estelle Spero
Diamond discusses what he has been reading, and describes what he imagines Estelle to now look like.
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3 December 1943
Diamond discusses a book that he had recently read entitled "The Story of Damon and Pythias," relating it to his and Estelle's relationship.
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13 February 1944
Diamond asks Estelle to send him a book once a month to entertain him.
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9 March 1944
Diamond thanks Estelle for the New Yorker that she had subscribed to for him, and then proceeds to "rampage through the 'mag'
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11 April 1944
Diamond writes on his birthday that he feels "one hundred years older." He recommends that she reads "The Robe" by Lloyd C. Douglas.
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24 April 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1922-1945)
Diamond reports that the rainy season has begun once more. He writes that he has finished reading Voltaire's "Candide".
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26 April 1944
Diamond discusses the trials of being so far from one's sweetheart. He recounts the story of his former sergeant, who had been engaged, but whose ex-fiancee is now using the bedroom set that he had purchased with her new husband. He mentions that...
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5 May 1944
Diamond writes that some day he hopes to visit New Zealand or Australia. He comments that he has read part 2 of "France et La Vieux".
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27 May 1944
Diamond responds to a number of Estelle's letters. Regarding "that hotel deal," he writes that he regrets not having had "those few moments free from fears of curious eyes, of parental scrutiny, - just to be alone -." He informs Estelle that once...
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9 June 1944
Diamond, Sidney (1925-1945)
Diamond writes that he intends to break up the monotony of the day by getting a haircut, and going to an "artist" to have a picture of Estelle copied together with a portrait of himself, "just so we can see what we look like together…" Sidney...
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