To George Stuart Fullerton
Professor of Philosophy in Columbia University
That F marches just before G in the familiar pro-
cession of the alphabet may not be considered
by the careless crowd a matter of any special
moment, yet it was due to this that you and I
rubbed elbows in the class room many years ago.
You, as a Philosopher, may resolve the problem
of cause and effect, or reason high of Fix'd fate,
free will, foreknowledge absolute; I, as the Plain
Man for whom you have written, am content with
the assurance that the passage of Time
and separation in Space have not
lessened the friendship that