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Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench, January 6, 1953

 

LAFAYETTE COLLEGE
EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA
January 6, 1953
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
Dear Phil,

    I am delighted to have the message from
General Batiste. As you have so delicately intimated
in your communication, there is a common ground and
a deep understanding between the dictator of Cuba and
the dictator of any college. I am, therefore, very happy
to smoke one of his own cigars which I have done
solemnly, sedately and with a full consciousness of the
heavy powers which descend upon me as I smoke this
magnificent cigar. The cigar is even more solemn
in its overtones when I realize that it was conveyed by
my friend and companion, the Reverend Philip Hench.
It is indeed a solemn moment!

Very sincerely yours,

Hutch
Doctor Philip Hench
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota
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