[Letter] May 11,1931,[with envelope]N.Y.C.to Mrs. Giddings

May 11, 1931, [with envelope] N.Y.C. to Mrs. Giddings.

Dear Mrs. Giddings:
        I know that you
are under a burden of
care that must make
writing - or even receiving -
letters a burden; but I do
want you to know how
eagerly I have been watching
for good news that will
relieve the anxiety and
sorrow of very many who have
been blessed by the
friendship of your dear
husband.
 He came early into the
life that I led in New
England, bringing light
and happiness, and deeply
do I hope that his present
trouble, serious as it is, may
be transient. If he can
receive a message of
love and hope, I know
that you will be willing
and able to convey it to him
better than a letter
from me would carry it.
I have honored and
loved him as I have
honored and loved very few
men, and I hope again to
see him in health
and in happiness. I am
- with deep sympathy
for you all.

       Very truly yours,
          John B. Clark

[From a letter of March 12, 1887,
from Prof. Richmond M. Smith
of Columbia College,New York,
to Prof. John B. Clark, Northampton].

 We value your recent co-
ntribution to the Quarterly very highly
and I have already made use of your
article and Mr. Giddings' in my lectures
to the senior class. Together they con-
stitute the best exposition of the work-
ing of the principle of competition
under modern conditions that
we have. I have told my class
that they are the most valuable
contribution to the theory of po-
litical economy made in
America since Walker pub-
lished his Wages Question.