WCP1528

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Telegrams, Ditchingham.

Ditchingham House,

Norfolk.

Private

June 16th 99

To A. R. Wallace Esq. F.R.S. &c. &c.

Dear Sir,

I beg to thank you for your courteous letter & for the book you kindly enclosed; this, however, I already have & therefore return it.

I have read a great deal of vaccination literature written from both points of view, but I cannot say that any of it has shaken my faith in the its efficacy; also I find it difficult to believe that all doctors, English & foreign — or I should say an immense majority of them — are either knaves or fools. —

The question of vaccinations is one upon [2] which there are two very strong opinions & I think that time alone will show which of these is correct.

Again thanking you | I am, dear sir, | Faithfully yours

H Rider Haggard¹ [signature]

P.S. Please understand I am not attacking nor do I wish to attack anti-vaccinators. They have their views, which being very honest[?], I [1 word illeg.] conceivably indeed[?], useful[?];[1 word illeg.]. What [1 word illeg.] was a [1 word illeg.] that [2 words illeg.] views to be wrong yet for political[?] reasons gave way to them. — The [1 word illeg.] a stay[?] glad[?] are very [1 word illeg.] authority or I [1 word illeg.] not have [1 word illeg.] it. It seems worth investing[?] [1 word illeg.] — I think I was careful to say [1 word illeg.] that I am unable to [1 word illeg.] its details. which I kn. truth however I do not [1 word illeg.] to write more about vaccination. What [2 words illeg.] we use I thought I [1 word illeg.] and theres [sic] an end!