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17 September 1944
Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945
to Estelle Spero
Diamond comments on an essay on the topic of melodrama that Estelle had written while at Northwestern University and subsequently sent to him.
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18 September 1944
Diamond describes his Rosh Hashanah celebrations.
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19 September 1944
Diamond comments on the fact that Estelle's letter paper smells of her powder. He writes that he had attended Rosh Hashanah services that morning.
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20 September 1944
Diamond justifies having sent Estelle a check, begging her not to tear it up. Diamond describes a set of pictures that he has recently posted to Estelle.
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22 September 1944
Diamond comforts Estelle after not having received, or taken, a job offer. He describes a U.S.O. show that he had seen the night before. Sidney then discusses how much he misses Estelle.
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25 September 1944
Diamond congratulates Stella on her recent culinary success.
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4 September 1944
Diamond writes that he had given a lecture with a Public address system for the first time. He informs Estelle that he desires to be put "back on the front lines".
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29 September 1944
Diamond writes that even though he is unaware of the exact date, he knows that it is Yom Kippur and that he is fasting. He states that, while he realizes that "it's all a bunch of hokum, it's the only way you can show people that you are what you...
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Diamond dreams to "Someday…walk on pavements, sleep in clean white sheets, get up at 10:00 A.M. -" He comments on a picture of Estelle that she has sent him.
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24 September 1944
Diamond uses his reading of Montaigne's "Essays" to try and solve Estelle's friend Jan's "problem".
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