[S.N. Patten's letter] June 27,1891,Sandwich,[III] [to F.H. Giddings]

June 27, 1891, Sandwich,[|||]

Dear Giddings,
        I suppose
that you have gone to
sleep so many times
this hot weather over
my theories of value that
you have forgotten how
time flies. Political
economy is not the most
refreshing study for sum-
mer months yet I must
have that Mss. before long
to correct the proofs from
Germany.
Please send them before
long to E. T. Devine at
the "Annals" office Philadelphia.
I promised to let him read
them.
 If you have any spare
energy I should like to have
your comment on them from your
point of view.
 I have just reread Clark's article
in the last Harvard Quarterly. I see
that he has developed the dis-
tinction between static and dynamic
quite fully. Have you been
pounding that into him? I
cannot imagine where else he
got it as it makes a break in
his way of theorizing. I had quite
a talk with him at Christmas
but he was unconsciously static at
that time. Who but you could
revolutionize him?
 Best Wishes to Mrs. Giddings.
                                            Sincerely Yours,
                                            Simon N. Patten
                           Sandwich, Illinois.