WCP2607

Letter (WCP2607.2497)

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OAK TREE HOUSE

SOUTH NORWOOD

LONDON, S. E.

3/5/94

Dear Mr. Wallace

Thank you for your most friendly note. You, with your eyes & brain & love turned to your flowers, on the one hand, & your poor struggling brethren, on the other, naturally feel drawn to social questions. I, with my mind & heart (socially & politically interested too) often [2] touched by the need of faith in the unseen & 'warring of belief, see the need for urgent duty of bearing testimony in this matter. London immensely needs it. What you say about a lecture influencing only a few hundreds is surely not well considered. Your lecture, for instance, would, through the press, reach scores of thousands. I think the Daily Chron. wd. report a good deal of it. Hundreds of thousands might read it[.] Gerald Massey2 would do well for another phase — Spiritualism & poetry, & I shd. [3] like him worked in.

I feel rather "called" to arrange this matter if I can, as it seems clear to me that it must result in good, & only good.

Heartily yours | J Page Hopps3 [signature]

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Letterhead reads,

“THE COMING DAY.

Edited by J. PAGE HOPPS.

Monthly. Threepence.

LONDON: WILLIAMS & NORGATE.".

Massey, Gerald (1828-1907). English poet and writer on Spiritualism and Ancient Egypt.
Hopps, John Page (1834-1911). Unitarian minister. Editor of The Truthseeker.
In WGW’s handwriting, "Articles to determine measure of value" under the headings Food, Clothing, House and Firing. It does not appear to have any bearing on the contents of the letter.

Please cite as “WCP2607,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2607