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The reports of President Garfield's condition are very grave. The

swelling in the gland of the throat has been lanced, with no visibly bad result, but all that can be said is that his state at the last accounts is "faintly encouraging." We are glad to hear it is encouraging at all, but we much fear that the faintness of the encouragement is more remarkable than the encouragement itself.

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