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… wise was interested in the project. I mentioned you as the most able man in America to join up in the work, and Dr. Speiser informs me now that the Committee has approved of the plan (which I enclose here) and that they would be willing to subsidise you for this work when you have got your degree. If you agree to this, I think it is a very good solution of the whole thing. It may help you to be attached to the museum in Philadelphia and it would give us a good opportunity to work out a classification of the Cypriote Antiquities, which cannot be neglected by any sincere scholar. The fact that we disagree in many questions will only be wholesome for the work. There are no insuperable difficulties as to that.
Please, let me know how you feel about it and tell me about your most recent excavation results.
Yours
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