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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



MR. WALTER J. BAUSMAN, NEW YORK 

 CITY. 



I was surprised to hear that you 

 must shortly vacate your ideal institu- 

 tion. Certainly the report shows great 

 modesty and generosity on your part 

 and that of your family. Such is the 

 usual case of new works and genius. 

 Unfortunately those who have the 

 most and the sincere sympathy are 

 the ones who have not means to aid 

 or give. Sad ! Hope you will find 

 some generous friend and have a still 

 better plant and situation. Good luck 

 to you, my dear man, and feel some 

 solution will and must appear to an- 

 swer your unselfish life. 



MISS LAURA BOORMAN, PALMER, MASS. 



You have my sympathy in this ser- 

 ious setback in your plans for the work 

 of the Association. This misfortune 

 will show who are the friends of this 

 work, and I hope there may be many 

 who will be able to help in establish- 

 ing you in a new home adapted to your 

 needs. I enclose a little to help along. 

 You have my best wishes and appre- 

 ciation of your work for the best in- 

 terests of The Agassiz Association as 

 far as I have become acquainted with 

 it. I hope the outcome of this change 

 may be to increase the ardor of the 

 members of the Association and en- 

 large the field for work. I did not 

 know anything about the land and 

 buildings being supplied by Mr. J. 



K T . However, the use of 



this place seems to have helped the 

 work for the time being, and made 

 it more widely known, and I hope its 

 next home will be built on a firmer 

 foundation. 



MRS. ROBERT GYSEL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 



I cannot express the regret I feel on 

 the sudden turn affairs have taken and 

 deeply sympathize with you, but so 

 far in human experience I can think of 

 no person working out high ideals who 

 has met with any great measure of 

 appreciation or financial gain, until no 

 longer caring for either, all such bene- 

 factors seem to have had springs of 

 content within to sweeten the bitter- 

 ness that comes from being misunder- 

 stood, else the heart would break. 



DR. ROBERT T. MORRIS, NEW YORK CITY. 



You ought to have larger sums than 

 these little amounts that your friends 

 give on short notice. 



I would give you an endowment if 

 the means were at my disposal for the 

 purpose. 



MR. JEFFERSON BUTLER, SECRETARY THE 

 MICHIGAN STATE HUMANE ASSOCIA- 

 TION, DETROIT, MICHIGAN. 



I send check for $5.00 as a contribu- 

 tion from the Michigan Audubon So- 

 ciety from a fund contributed by Mr. 

 Henry Ford of this city to use as my 

 judgment may dictate. I am con- 

 vinced that The Guide to Nature is 

 doing good service in the country at 

 large both in nature studies and in up- 

 lift work generally. I am very glad 

 indeed to be of any assistance and re- 

 gret I cannot make the contribution 

 larger. . 



DR. R. W. SHUFELDT, WASHINGTON, D. C 



The marked copy you kindly sent me 

 came to hand last evening. If Mr. T — 

 is thoroughly conversant with the 

 splendid record you have made for 

 your enterprise at "Arcadia," and still 

 insists upon placing in jeopardy the 

 good you are doing all over this 

 country in stimulating nature study, 

 and the best ends of education, — ail 

 1 can say is he ought to be ashamed 

 of himself. He will certainly reverse his 

 directions when he knows fully of the 

 more than creditable work your insti- 

 tution has accomplished. We have few 

 enough of such admirable enterprises 

 on foot in this country, to have our 

 millionaires stamp them out for us, 

 even if they are the rightful owners of 

 the property. He should have been 

 proud to have given it to you outright. 



Never mind, keep up the fight, — you 

 will find you have friends in this little 

 setback. You may be assured that I 

 am with you. 



DR. G. A. HINNEN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 



1 was very sorry to hear of the mis- 

 fortune to Arcadia, and think your un- 

 selfish work, devotion and financial aid 

 should receive the highest recognition 

 and praise from every member of the 

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