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CRESCENT HILL

FILEY

Yorks.

Mch: 16^th 1909.

Sir. /

For some time in connection with my work in Natural History I have been endeavouring to find a theory wh: wd. throw light on certain groups of facts wh: I think, have never been satisfactorily accounted for.

Protective coloration in animals & the migration of Birds seem to point to [2] definite mental action, although such action may be unconscious.

It seems to me that Myers’² suggestions in "Human Personality"³ — may be of great help here.

This subject, however, is so abstruse that a man, without the highest qualifications, may well hesitate before dealing with it publicly.

I have been endeavouring to bring Myers’ theory tentatively to bear upon certain of the facts wh: are [3] constantly confronting us. & I venture to ask yr advice on the enclosed paper.

I may say that any opinion you may be good enough to express will be used for my own guidance alone & certainly not as an advertisement -

I send cover for its return & I can only say that if I am unduly trespassing upon yr. time, wh: may very well be, you will not regard yourself as lacking in courtesy to a stranger if you send it back unread =

I am, Sir | yrs respectfully | H Knight Horsfield⁴ [signature]

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⁵(ARW’s notes above)

Horsefield