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HOTEL EXCELSIOR - STOCKHOLM BIRGER JARLSGATAN 35 (K. F. U. M:s HUS) TELEFON: NAMNANROP: "EXCELSIOR" TELEGRAMADRESS: EXCELSIOR
Handwritten: Aug. 27, 1936
Handwritten: Dear Mr. Hill,
Handwritten: getting from this delightful city. In spite of the cold climate and the fact that I have a bad cold (which always makes me ugly) I think Stockholm about the most attractive city I have ever been in. I will hate to leave it Tuesday, when I must go to Gothenburg to sail for England. I have hearded the lion in his den, and come out well pleased with myself in spite of the fact that there is little change in the lion. Both Gjestad and Westholm are fine, and I found them extremely cordial. I was surprised to see how young Gjestad is; he is quite charming socially. From the stools I had lead in Cyprus I had expected to find him rather an the rough side.
Handwritten: He has read my article, and misleadingly spoke very highly of it; I believe sincerely. But as expected he is not convinced. He admits that he can pick no flaws in the argument (or lasn't yet), but he is very anxious to get around it, preferably by having Cyprus about 100 years behind Greece, though following the same sequence. He feels that it is possible for Cyprus to copy Greek trends in the older in which they occurred in Greece, and even to have imported pottery, but all 100 years late. He does not argue thus for the 14th century B.C., and he says that it is
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