Many days have elapsed, my dear friend, since our childhood, but theyhave passed away without effecting any alteration in the affectionatefeelings we then entertained. In memory of an intimacy of heart and mindwhich has never known a cloud, it is very pleasant to me to write yourname at the beginning of that one of my books which you preferred to allthe rest. It is further the book in which I have stated with mostsincerity what I think concerning some of the essential problems of themodern life of our day.
