Social and Political Views 



There are some arguments for yon! Poor unreasoning 

 infant ! ! . . . 



Rev. Augustus Jessopp to A. R. Wallace 



Scarning Rectory, East Dereham. August 25, 1893. 



My dear Mr. Wallace, — I have put off writing to thank 

 you for your kind letter, and the book and pamphlets you 

 were good enough to send me, because I hoped in acknow- 

 ledgment to say I had read your little volumes, as I intend 

 to. The fates have been against me, and I will delay no 

 longer thanking you for sending them to me. 



I do not believe in your theory of land nationalisation 

 one bit ! But I like to see all that such a man as you has to 

 say on his side. 



In return I send you my view of the matter, which is 

 just as likely to convert you as your book is to convert me. 



I love a man with a theory, for I learn most from such 

 a man, and when I have thought a thing out in my own 

 mind and forgotten the arguments while I have arrived at 

 a firm conviction as to the conclusion, it is refreshing to 

 be reminded of points and facts that have slipped away 

 from me! 



It was a great pleasure and privilege to make your 

 acquaintance the other day, and I hope we may meet again 

 some day.— Very truly yours, Augustus Jessopp. 



Rev. H. Price Hughes to A. R. Wallace 



8 TaviUm Street, Gordon Square, W.C. September 14, 1898. 



Dear Dr. Wallace, — I am always very glad when I hear 

 from you. So far as your intensely interesting volume has 

 compelled some very prejudiced people to read your attack 

 on modern delusions, it is a great gain, especially to them- 

 selves. I have read your tract on " Justice, not Charity," 



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