Hartford, Dec. 2, 1882.
My Dear Sir:
“When doctors disagree” calamity impends. But they seem to have agreed, this time, in a solid body. I am not surprised that they, & Mr. Longfellow, & President Garfield voted as a unit in attestation of the great & unique virtues of your Toykayer Aŭsbruch; & I am not surprised to find myself adding my vote to theirs, & following their lead; for I discover in this delightful wine all that they discovered in it, with this addition: that, taken in right measure, it heals the worn mind as well as the wasted body.
Ignorance is the enemy of man. I was afraid of the Aŭsbruch, until I looked in the dictionary, for I thought it meant Explosion, & dimly connected it with dynamite.
Truly Yours
S. L. Clemens
Lorenz Reich, Esq.
Lorenz Reich, Esq | 13 W. 11th st. | New York [return address:] return to s. l. clemens, hartford, conn., if not delivered within 10 days [postmarked:] hartford conn. dec 2 6pm
[docketed:] Mark Twain Dec. 2 82 [and] 
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