FEINBERG/WHITMAN NOTES and NOTEBOOKS NOTES--Literacy 1876(?) Thought of the Late Election Box 39 Folder 20 Includes verso literary note. [*613*] 1876 ? Thought of the Late Election: prose. A.MS. (1p. 17 1/2 x 20 cms.) Written in ink on a sheet of lined paper, with bottom cut off, 13 words on the verso, and 65 words on the other side: It is lucky for [It is understood] The knowing ones There are always / Let us, (for) turn from the thought of the late election in its personal (a) or party bearings, and consider it with reference to life & development of the to the [(o h life] whole country, beginning a hundred years ago, coming down to the present day, and destined as we go so fondly hope, to keep on expanding & improving, through hundreds, thousands of years.Let us, for turn from the thoughts of the late election in its personal [[strikethrough]] (a) [[end strikethrough]] or party bearings, and consider it with reference to to the life & development of the whole country, begining a hundred years ago. coming down to the present day, and destined as we so fondly hope, to keep on expanding & inspiring, through hundreds, thousands of years. It is lucky for [It is understood] The knowing ones There are always