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[Paris]1
Read the histories of Lourdes and La Salette,2 and, if you relish them the lives of St.
Peter and Paul (Catholic) You might also read the Catholic
life of Jesus Christ Pray Sts. Peter and Paul to cure you and have Votive Masses (P
& P) prayers and Communions made on 29. June, 30 June, and 1 August. Buy
pictures of them and hang them in your room; or, buy statues. P. & P. will
be pleased at your3 intercession4
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Notes
- 1. This postal card is
addressed: Walt Whitman, | the American Poet, | 328. Mickle Street 328. |
Camden, N.J. Etats Unis. It is postmarked: Paris | 6e [illegible] | J[illegible] | 88 | [illegible]; New
York | [illegible]; [illegible] | Rec'd; 6 [illegible] | J[illegible] | 88 | R. De[illegible]; Paid | G | AL[illegible]. [back]
- 2. La Salette-Fallavaux is a
village in southwestern France where, in 1846, two children saw an apparition of
the Virgin Mary. There is now a Sanctuary of Our Lady of La Salette, built in
the mountains near where the apparition appeared, and also shrines dedicated to
Our Lady of La Salette in Portugal, the United States, and Mexico. [back]
- 3. The letter continues at the
top of the postal card. [back]
- 4. Regarding this postal card,
Whitman said to Traubel: "I do not make light of such matters." See Horace
Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Saturday, June 23, 1888; see also Whitman's June 24, 1888, letter to Richard Maurice Bucke. [back]