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174 Gladstone St

Barkerend Road

Bradford

15th Nov 1906

To Dr Alfred Russel Wallace,

Dear Sir,

I have received, "via Clarion", yours of 12th inst, & tender my sincere thanks to you for the very kind appreciation of my article, on the "Native Question"[.]

My extra thanks are also due to you for the specially fine contribution by you in the Independent Review, which I have seen.

It is the very best & most practical, to my mind, which has appeared in the recent [2] controversy on the subject, & my greatest wish is for its wide circulation.

The keynote of our future policy in our Colonies & dependencies is beautifully expressed in the idea of "disinterested friendship", & you have shown the approximate lines, on which the real Statesmanship of the future, with regard to mixed populations must inevitably proceed.

Sometime ago, I wrote to the Clarion, a short history of our early contact with Colored [sic]

Races, & expressed a desire that the management [3] of the various races in South Africa should not be taken out of Home control, & thus left to the mercy of a constant influx of men of all races, who in a mere hunt for wealth, are always sure to become political & social pests. My article, being that of a mere layman, however, suffered from the exigencies of modern journalism.

As I am desirous of giving as wide a circulations ^{as possible}, to your views, on account of their great weight[,] I am presuming upon the liberty of publishing your esteemed letter, in a "local" to which I have access, & mayhap also to the Clarion. With sincere good wishes for your health & prolonged existence amongst us all,

I am, | Yours very sincerely

John Farquharson [signature]