December 12, 1925* 
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Dear loveridge i 
I have hesitated to write to you for fear that 
you would get excited before you opened the letter and 
be disappointed afterwards. How that the crucial date 
is over, I m writing to tell you that so far all efforts 
have been unavailing. 
However, WE ARE going to have that expedition—if 
not now, later on. It is one of ay ambitions, and I have 
found that by keeping at ouch propositions they eventually 
come to pass* 
In the meantime I am exceedingly sorry that nothing 
definite h& s happened, and assure you that I am keeping on 
the job. 
With kindest regards, 
Very sincerely yours, 
m. M. MASS 
Superintan dent 
Mr. Arthur love ridge. 
Museum of Comparative Zoology, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
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