FEINBERG/WHITMAN NOTES and NOTEBOOKS NOTES--Literary UNDATED "They are at first shocking..." Box 40 Folder 39984 They Are at First Shocking: prose. A.MS. (1p. 5 1/2 x 20 cm.) Written in ink on a thin slip cut from a larger sheet of lined stationery, 45 words: They are at first shocking to many, for the same reason that the [so] exhilirating [sheek] chill of the sea-bath, and the & bold riding that most delights a [perh] [peet] perfect horseman, terrify & confound [wea] the [ordinary] crowds of the unaccustomed weak.They are at first shocking to many, for the same reason that the [so] exhilirating [shock] chill of the sea - bath, and the & bold riding that most delights a [perh] [feet] perfect horseman, terrify & confound [wea] the [ordinary] crowds of the unaccustomed weak. [?]