8月18日 星期二 晴。晨22° 白枣上市。

晨龙泉分校学生吴春檀来。

晨五点半起。作函数通。八点至校。建人、家玉、劲夫等来谈。又龙泉学生胡春檀来。渠为分校抵此第一人，费二千五百元，较去年三倍矣。渠于六月十七离龙泉，据谓学生分两批来，共约八十人之谱。遇盗于建阻者乃第一批之一部耳。徐志萝来函，愿来任工院院长，余异以一年级主任，渠可教数学，此职较相宜耳。

中午回。何浩若夫妇与马寅初来，在何家巷相候。余与晓峰往，何必欲歇桐梓，故下午二点即去，何之夫人为允敏同学。寅初（三） [两）年不相见，不见苍老，但绝口不谈，询之惟唯唯而已。二点至校。作函与布雷，为经费事。四点半回寓。

五点半至迪生家晚膳。

Lincoln p.393and 405： Had the war been nothing more than a duel between theadversaries ， the south would have been invincible.The decisive factor was the blockade， which made it impossible for south to procure raw material and weapon fromEurope， and also prevent export。。。.1t was a land almost deprived of salt.1n winter ，there was no coal ， in summer there was no ice ， wood had to be used instead of leather皮， there was no suitable diet for the sick ， and there was sho由ge of drugs a count可二?where hunger gnawed and wastage of men不能代。

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