--Believe me yours very truly,
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
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TO PROF. BARRETT
_Parkstone, Dorset. February 17, 1901._
My dear Barrett,--I am rather sorry you wrote to any one of the Society
for Psychical Research people about my being asked to be President,
because I should certainly feel compelled to decline it. I never go,
willingly, to London now, and should never attend meetings, so pray say
no more about it. Besides, I am so widely known as a "crank" and a
"faddist" that my being President would injure the Society, as much as
Lord Rayleigh would benefit it, so pray do not put any obstacle in _his_
way, though of course there is no necessity to beg him as a favour to
be the successor of Sidgwick, Crookes and Myers....
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TO REV. J.B. HENDERSON
_Parkstone, Dorset. August 10, 1893._
Dear Sir,--Although I look upon Christianity as originating in an
unusual spiritual influx, I am not disposed to consider [it] as
_essentially_ different from those which originated other great
religious and philanthropic movements. It is probable that in _your_
sense of the word I am not a Christian.--Believe me yours very truly,
ALFRED R. WALLACE.
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TO MR. J.W. MARSHALL
_Parkstone, Dorset. March 6, 1894._
My dear Marshall,--We were very much grieved to hear of your sad loss in
a letter from Violet.
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