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''The World I^, A^fter All, 

 Not Going: to the Ue\il.'^ 



A REMARKABLE LETTER SENT TO THE EDITOR OF 

 "PUBLIC OPINION" BY THAT DISTIX(tUISIIF.D ARTIST, 

 SIR HUBERT \ ON HERKOMKR, RUNS IN THIS WAV: 



HUBERT VON HERKOMER 



AND 



PUBLIC OPINION 



Dear Sir, It gives me great pleasure to tell you how your paper, PUBLIC OPINION, answers 

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Your selection of current thought is worthy of all praise, for it gives one the wholesome 

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I wish you, with all my heart, continuous taccess with your paper. Yours very truly. 



Signed HUBERT VON HERKOMER. 



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Dr. ALFRED R. WALLACE and Dr. W. H. FITCHETT. 



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