Inquiring into his travel plans; responding to his descriptions of the Depression and of the American people -- "they are too shallow yet to understand there must be continuous repetition of panics and famines, plagues and horrors" -- casually granting him ownership of the sculpture "Silence"; and advising, "do not let America's plight distress you, she has hurt you enough already."
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