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WCP1522

Letter (WCP1522.1301)

[1]

2, GROVE PARK,

LIVERPOOL.

9. March 1898

Dear Dr Wallace

How extremely kind of you to take so much trouble & to send me both a full letter, & an article.

I find your letter most interesting & shall esteem it a privilege to be allowed to read half of it at the next meeting of the Synthetic Society,1 in order to remove any misleading impression I may have caused by my flysheet: — though I have never posed for a moment as having the slightest biological authority. [2] (at the next meeting Mr. Myers2 begins introduce the subject of quasi spiritualism: & I am saying something in the same direction.)

I had not a copy of Rankines' songs, but I was determined to get one for you, only your telegram arrived before I had succeeded.

With many thanks & great respect | I am faithfully yours | Oliver Lodge3 [signature]

1
The Synthetic Society was founded in 1896.
2
Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843-1901). British poet, classicist, philologist, and founder of the Society of Psychical Research.
3
Lodge, Oliver Joseph (1851-1940. Physicist. FRS.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1522.1301)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hijikata, Shori [2014-07-29] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-29] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1522,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1522