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Letter from Charles F. Lummis to Jack London, dated March 22, 1905

Letter from Charles F. Lummis of the Southwest Society to Jack London, dated March 22, 1905

CTaken from carbon of original letter, at the Southwest Museum, Los Angeles]
Mch. 22nd [1905]
Dear Mr. London:
I have your pleasant note, and beg to say in reply that the
Southwest Society takes no time except for those who have to carry
the heavy routine, which they are gladly doing without compensation,
for the sake of American scholarship and with particular reference to
California.
We can hardly compare the relative importance of causes; but
the work of the Southwest Society has this peculiarity: unless the work
is done right away it never can be done. All these things which we
are trying to save, as an intelligent community should, are disappearing
rapidly, and will be out of our reach for ever unless very promptly
seized. Your socialist revolution, on the other hand, depends on neither
time nor individuals. Whatever is right in this movement is coming in
time.
So it is not asking you to serve two masters, but to give
your countenance and your dues to another cause which we believe merits
the support of every thoughtful citizen.
Hastily but
Sincerely yours,
(signed) Charles F. Lummis

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.

1905-03-22

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Jack and Charmian London Correspondence and Papers, 1894-1953

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