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Dr. Daniel G. Brinton,
Media,
Penna.

^[[Oct 12]] 189^[[8]]

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My dear Miss Fletcher:

There is no doubt that you are right in regarding the legend as most valuable in reflecting the mental attitude of those who related it. Here it has its real and permanent value and its analysis with this in view would be sure to offer results of importance.

All uncultivated minds (and many which are cultivated in various directions) project themselves into the past and the remote and judge of such periods and places