[Letter] June. 24,[1894] [to F.H. Giddings]

June 24, [1894], n. p.

Dear Friend:
       Well, I should
say that you have earned
a rest, and I hope you
will take it. I congratulate
you on the fact of
issuing the abstract
of the Sociology and on
the manner of it. It
is exactly what I want
to do if possible; but
I do not see how, in
a few midsummer
days I can do it in
anything like as good
form. I am very glad
indeed that you could
give the address at Bryn
Mawr. It closes your
connection with the
college most pleasantly.
Many thanks for the
invitation to Bryn Mawr.
My inclination decidedly
is to accept the whole of
it; but Patten has
asked me to stay a
while with him, and I
have agreed to put in
a few days at his
quarters in. Phila'. For
the rest of the time I
will follow my wishes
and your hospitable
suggestion. I think Patten
is to be away during the
first week of the time
I am to be at Phila.
 I got the Annals
a day or two ago, with
Mr. MacFarlane's
article, and have written
for dear life on a reply.
It is nearly ready, having
about 6000 words. It is not
wholly nor mainly
controversial, but states
what I have wanted for a
long time to state about
land and rent, and incidentally
corrects the misinterpretations
of my own theory which is
at the basis of his view as
to its inconsistency. He
thinks I have made "pure
profit" identical with what
he calls "price determining
rent." Nothing is farther
from my thought than to
identify profit with any
kind of rent.

       Yours Very Truly,
          John B. Clark