ABSTRACT

I want to talk about the past-our past-but in doing so I know that what I say may not be completely true, for much has been forgotten. What seemed important at one time may seem less so now, and daily events are all scrambled up in the years that have passed, as it seems now, far too quickly. Some of the events related here are authenticated in my letters and photographs, but most of what I’m going to tell you is firmly placed in my memory-and gives me pleasure or pain now just as it did when it first happened.