Mr. Hugh Arnold,

Steinway Block,

Antwerp, Mass. Dear Sir:

The discussion of the History Club last week brought out the fact that the royal family though held in awe by the people
23 received their petitions with such apathy that this method of appeal was soon dropped.

However, it is queer how the writings of many authors totally
50 disagree as to the degree of woe caused by the misguided awards of the High Commission. Yet a number of them readily advocate the view
73 that the equity of many things depended upon the whim of the sanguine king and the securing of a quorum by the commission, and that
100 consequently the decisions were always found to be sunk in doubt.

The following is a pithy quotation from the works of Edwin Hay: "The last
123 peech of the fallen leader ended with these words: 'Ye who put your trust in princes, instead of swearing allegiance to the reigning twin should
150 pause awhile and look ahead. Can he be trusted? Ah, no! In the whole radius of his interests you have no place. Yea, he will
175 even turn from you in your need.'"

I hope to have your views on this point at the next meeting.

Cordiallv yours, (97)

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Mr. E. Y. Equerry,

Providence, R. I. Dear Sir:

Your communication containing letter of conplaint duly received and contents noted. These complaints are now entirely too common - of almost daily occurrence. We
25 endeavored at the outset to impress you with the importance of complying with any reasonable requests of this sort; and thus forewarned you should have
50 been forearmed. It is quite possible that this last complaint is an exaggeration and not made in an entirely impartial spirit, yet allow us to
75 counsel you to have the foresight to examine into every detail of it, exhaust every possible means, and exert yourself to the utmost to avert
100 the subsequent disagreeable after-effect which has heretofore been inseparably connected with other similar complaints.

We are aware that some people have an unconquerable and inexplicable
125 desire, inexcusable as it is, to make complaints on the slightest provocation, unfortunate and unforeseen as it may be. Of course we always discountenance these
150 and try to reconcile the complainant to the fact that even in the best regulated systems errors unconsciously creep in, and that their only recompense
175 is a philosophical frame of mind and a complete elimination of the spirit of non-content. With the uninitiated and inexperienced it is not always
200 easy to deal, and while in these cases we may remain uncondemned, yet the dissatisfaction is unfortunate and inconvenient.

While of course we do not
225 attribute all these complaints to your misconduct, we wish to re-enforce what we have said about extreme vigilance on your part, by recommending
250 that you discontinue any practices which might furnish incontestable grounds for non-conformity to our requirements.

Yours truly, (265)

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Mr. A. B. Howard,

Philadelphia, Pa. Dear Sir:

Your very modest request received. Aside from the moral aspects of the case, I think you have an innate, and, I might say,25 unnecessary inclination to investigate the inner workings of the unknown and unknowable. I cannot, of course, allow your wishes to go unnoticed, but it would
50 require a most immoderate, if not immodest, presumption on my part to seek the information through the channel you suggest, immaterial as it may be
75 to you. I must say that your audacity in making such unprofessional and far from moderate requirements has almost unnerved me. I recognize that you
100 do not acknowledge the word impossible, that you are imbued with an immutable purpose and an inordinate desire to accomplish your ends; but there are
125 limits in this direction beyond which it is not safe to go.

No doubt you have already become inured to rebuffs, and have acquired an
150 enormous capacity for assimilating hard knocks; still, I shall make my protest, for I think that inaction or lack of initiative in launching a protest
175 - especially in such urgent cases - is almost criminal. All this to prepare you for my decision - which is reducible to one uncompromising, unchangeable word - no.

Yours very truly, (202)