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140less-favorable educational situation in which you find yourself need not be asgreat an obstacle as we once considered it to be, if only you have a sincere andstrong desire. Thus, in spite of all the pricks and thorns, you can satisfy yourinterest and your taste; and thereby, in the future, you can forge ever newlinks in the bonds and sentiments that bound us together from the cradle.Many reasons prompt me to take pen in hand today in order to write atleast a few words to you. First, because a good span of time has already passedsince I last had a letter from you. In the meantime, you must have hadsomething new to report, something that would be of interest to me: Maybeyou have been promoted to a higher position; maybe Preżawicki's case hasbeen settled favorably; maybe Alphonse Kropiwnicki got married; maybeFeralski has staged the panorama "Mente Wojeżero"; maybe Adalbert Tur hasdeparted; maybe Radwan /that is Andrew Radwański/ has already forgottenabout his mug of beer, of has had a noisy set-to with his principal, thephysicist; maybe the baron has been entertaining women more than once aweek; and maybe Charles Zgliczyński of the full satchel 106 has ceased hiselegant biting sarcasm 107 as he sets forth his principles. Is Adalbert Stupra stillalive? He has maintained the same silence toward me as he once did towardRybicki. What is Andrew Jaroszewski doing? He was always so full of soundmaxims. What about Słońcogóry? Or the naive Grzybek? Is it possible thatWłodkowski and Stanislaus Łempicki did not arrange a single bridge party thiswinter? This is all possible; but I do not believe it. And everything is importantto me.Therefore, I expect that you will not fail to satisfy my curiosity in thisregard. Moreover, undoubtedly there have been some personnel changes in theadministration. There may even have been some changes at the University. Doyou perhaps have some information about the future of the Polytechnic106 The Polish word signifies "satchel or valise".107 The Polish word indicates biting sarcasm.