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Lincoln, November 15, '19 Mr. Graham Taylor, Chicago, Ill. My dear friend Mr. Taylor: Your kind letter was a surprise indeed, the reason I have not written sooner, is that for a week I attended the Teachers Institute as one of the trustees of the Lincoln Union Grammar School, & was otherwise busy planning a new school building for Lincoln, besides trying to "make a living." Several school districts have consolidated with Lincoln on my initiative in order to take advantage of better educational facilities. So you see the people out here are [[]] scared of an Anarchist. By the way. Not long ago a Lincoln banker who claims to be a christian, told me that he rather liked my view, "but," he added "the only trouble with you is that you are about two hundred years ahead of the times." "Do you mean to imply," I asked, "that is about two hundred years my ideal will be realized?" "Yes." "Well, Mr. Musser, you are making me quite happy." "I don't see why tthat should make you feel happy -- you'll not live to see it." "No," I said, "but you christians have tried it for two thousand years and still you are not anywhere near your ideal." He