THE FERX BULLETIN 



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a recent acquirement. So there is hope for all of us 

 if we will diligently apply ourselves. And that surely 

 is one of the things for which the Society exists, to 

 encourage and develop discernment. We need in the 

 Society both those who do not know but who want to 

 learn — and those who know and are willing to teach. 

 But if the Society is to appeal for effective member- 

 ship, if it is to continue in the line of useful purpose 

 for which it was organized, (thanks to you and your 

 early associates) we should be united in cordial and 

 co-operative fellowship and there should be no room 

 for bitterness. Few of us would care to continue under 

 other conditions. 



Two sentences on page 126 which you quote apart 

 from their context from a letter of mine are made, per- 

 haps unintentionally, to do misleading duty. And I 

 look upon the two specific statements next following 

 as quite without warrant. Certainly if the material 

 excellence and dignified character of the "Journal" for 

 January, the first official number, can be maintained, 

 criticism need not be feared from any quarter. 



Probably most of us want the few numbers of the 

 "Bulletin" which remain to be issued, and every one 

 will hope that your subscription list will be a long one. 

 But I think it is safe to say that we shall all have a 

 more enjoyable memory of its long and honorable ca- 

 reer if its closing numbers shall be marked by an ab- 

 sence of such matter as appears for example on page 

 127 of the October issue. 



Sincerely yours, 



Boston, Massachusetts. Robert A. Ware. 



[It is but charitable to assume that Mr. Ware's posi- 

 tion comes from an inadequate conception of the facts. 

 Had he been in the position occupied by the editor of 



