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Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated July 21, 1916

Letter from Gordon Harry Sprague to Jack London, dated July 21, 1916.

San Jose July 21/15
67 N One Street.
My good friend
Jock London
Somewhere In
California,
ireeting and good aorniag to you.
■riz£Ac£&^~~0a Ju^' 28*h 1911»'rom Portland Oregon,I wrote you
a letter therein I said
"I quote fron the Portland Laoor ?r6S3,as follows.
"So san can fall lower than a
soldier,It Is a depth beneath
which we cannot go".
The quotation, coast wide and long,has been attributed to you,it has boon puollshod a good *any times
in the Press,I believed it to b* trug untill a few
days ago I saw an item wheroln you stated
"I never wrote it".
If your denial holds good it behoves se to beg your
pardon for ray scathiag epistle bearing date of July
28th 1911, which was hot shot ,full of thistles.
I an; human 11 ko the average citizen, I am anxious to
wipe off un; wrong I nay have uawltingly eosnited,
hence,good friend I era e pardon for henioui offence,
"■ordialy your well wisher and friend.
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The original of this item is located at Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, COLL MSS 10 Box 9 Folder 3.

1916-07-21

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Jack and Charmian London Correspondence and Papers, 1894-1953

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