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The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II

CHAPTER XXIII
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As they were being taken away in the carriage placed at their disposal by the United States Government, one said to the other, 'Sam, how long is you in fo' ?' 'I guess dat it's a yeah or two yeahs,' said Sam.

'How long is you in fo' ?' 'I guess it's from now on,' said the other darky." "From now on," remarked the Archbishop, telling this story.

"What could more eloquently have described America's attitude toward the war ?" The mention of the Archbishop suggests another of Page's talents--the aptness of his letters of introduction.

In the spring of 1918 the Archbishop, at the earnest recommendation of Page and Mr.Balfour, came to the United States.

Page prepared the way by letters to several distinguished Americans, of which this one, to Theodore Roosevelt, is a fair sample: _To Theodore Roosevelt_ London, January 16, 1918.
DEAR MR.


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