Item 01: Fred Hamilton-Kenny letter diary, 29 August-19 October 1914 - Page 122
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[Page 122]
You see it's the exact sciences – the physical sciences that flourish & bloom in the navy - – the inorganic as against ours the organic side of life – Mathematics, mechanics, physics preponderate immensely - The doctor rarely gets a look in – he cant – there is not the opening so I say go for the exact sciences & join the Navy - It's a good game & I like the M.O. - limited though his knowledge is to his own job – outside that he's horribly ignorant - I left the Grantala after lunch & went back to the Upolu & from the Upolu to the Beach & my first job was the sending & registering my serial tale – the 4th section to you - I also wrote Turner who has had a rotten time - He fell off a ladder & broke collar bone, ribs & shook himself up muchly & has been laid up - trained morse & all the rest of it - He's improving - Writes with his left hand - I then visited the local museum & library – both fair only – you know country town shows