?<br/>[water?] against the [snow?], were most beautifully represented, the [story?] of the Dryads, it’s [wound?] of [?] in its [?], and a funeral march, and lament of the [?][?], the real seeming of which made me shiver, [?] other pieces, [he?] is a [?], and played some of his [?] productions, but in [?] they were not equal to the compositions of others. One however, a fantasia for the left hand was remarkable. He is a blind man, about 30, <br/>But my letter is getting to be [large?].<br/><br/>I suppose you have heard of the [?][amid?] us [?] the [?] here. [$50?], [?][?][?], the [?] among them. Some excitement, probably in [?][?], though it had not been played so: a at least the incendiary has not been detected. I [?] I neglected to mention it. It occurred some three weeks ago. <br/><br/>I [lost?] little time in looking over some [?][?], yet [?][?] and occasionally [?] by [?] brightness of [?][assured?] by some oddity, frequently disgusted by some weakness, in [there mental deposits?]. Well, I am yet young, and if my heart holds out may do something notable!!! If my brain were only about ten ounces heavier! <br/><br/>Vanitas vanitatum, omnia vanitas.<br/><br/>Good bye,<br/><br/>My apprenticeship is about over. <br/><br/>I revel in your letter. More!!!!

Part of Partial letter from Horace Sumner Lyman on musical compositions and life in his apprenticeship

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