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OCR Page 1 of 2942101 South Lynn Street
Arlington, Virginia
October 1, 1946
Dear Selig,
Your letter came this morning and, as usual, we were very glad
to hear from you.
It is difficult for me to make any comments about the news that
you have been ordered by your doctor to curtail your activities. I
can say, however, that we were reassured by your attitude. It reveals
poise, strength and courage, and is a good augury for your future. AS
you must know, for sometime now those of us who assume the privilege
of calling ourselves your "disciples" have thought that you have been
too unsparing of yourself. It is too bad that your new regime is an
enforced one; yet a more modest program of activity on your part has
long since been your just desert. who can tell but that the orders of
your doctor may turn out to be & blessing in disguise? I do know this--
that my father, too, came up with & heart condition when he W&S 58 years
old. He has taken good care of himself for the last 16 years and the
last report we got from his doctor Was that he was good for another 10
to 20 years. Hannah and I wish that we were physically closer to you
at this time. Unfortunately that is not the case, but I need hardly
tell you that if, at any time, in any way, we can be of any help to you
and yours we will consider it a privilege if you will call upon us.
You certainly have a right to feel pleased about Charles Beard's
"approval"; yet I trust you won't mind my saying that Mr. Beard--and
this is certainly not to belittle his note--is merely recognizing what
for many years has been the obvious. I met Tom Holland last week for
the first time. Your name came up. He spoke at some length, and very
warmly, about you. I was particularly interested in one thing that he
said. "You know there is a deep, mystic quality about Perlman that I
could never understand," [Poor Holland doesn't realize that an Anglo-
Saxon background may have some advantages, but it also destroys the
capacity for certain understandings. "and the men's immodesty!
Why,
in 1921 he was already giving far and away the most interesting and
significant lectures on the Wisconsin campus, and he gave so much of
himself to his students."
I am getting a great kick out of my job. My boss, Mr. Morse, has
been in Montreal since September 10 as Chief of the U. S. delegation to
the ILO Conference, so perforce I have been running the office. I have
been terribly busy, but the work has been so interesting and the "condi-
tions of labor" so pleasant that energies have not been lacking. There
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