WCP4169

Letter (WCP4169.4191)

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The North British Machine Co.

56 & 58 Great Clyde Street,

Glasgow

5th October 1908

Honoured Sir,

For over thirty years yours has been a name which has been dear to me. The courage with which you have faced the world <when> holding out to the people the Great Spiritual realities has called up feelings of [illeg.].

I have had the satisfaction of looking on your face twice in Glasgow when you spoke and once in London but I have read all you have penned in books and magazines during that time with what understanding I have. Your life has truly been an inspiration to me.

I take the liberty of sending you a book, which is at all events not exaggerated in its statements of facts or feelings and I should feel honoured if you thought it was worthy of your perusal. I send it with this hope and subscribe myself

Yours admiringly

James Robertson [signature]

Please cite as “WCP4169,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4169