For my part I'll risk the English and then make a fresh start ourselves to outstrip them in the spread of well-being; in the elevation of mankind of all classes; in the broadening of democracy and democratic rule (which is the sheet-anchor of all men's hopes just as bureaucracy and militarism are the destruction of all men's hopes); in the spread of humane feeling and action; in the growth of human kindness; in the tender treatment of women and children and the old; in literature, in art; in the abatement of suffering; in great changes in economic conditions which discourage poverty; and in science which gives us new leases on life and new tools and wider visions.

These are _our_ world tasks, with England as our friendly rival and helper.

God bless us.
W.H.P.
_To Arthur W.Page_ London, November 6, 1914.
DEAR ARTHUR: Those excellent photographs, those excellent apples, those excellent cigars--thanks.

I'm thinking of sending Kitty[80] over again.

They all spell and smell and taste of home--of the U.S.A.
Even the messenger herself seems Unitedstatesy, and that's a good quality, I assure you.