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LETTER TO VIRGINIA JOHNSON by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: OUR TIMES, VIRGINIA, OF WHICH YOU ARE A DOCTOR
Last Line: And by a studious decision / be the mechanic of revision
Subject(s): JOHNSON, VIRGINIA ESHELMAN (B. 1925);

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