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Woodrow Wilson to Charles W. Eliot

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Title

Woodrow Wilson to Charles W. Eliot

Creator

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Identifier

WWP25484

Date

1918 November 25

Description

President Wilson thanks the president of Harvard for his advice.

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence
League of Nations

Contributor

Maria Matlock

Relation

WWP25483

Language

English

Provenance

Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.

Text

My dear Dr. Eliot,

Your letter of November 17th contains weighty matter and has given me a great deal to think about on my way over to the other side, which will be helpful in establishing the various elements of the problem clearly in my mind. I foresee that it will probably not be possible to go as far as you suggest in the matter of rapidly developing an actual international force, but I am daily more hopeful of the possibility of accomplishing something very substantial in the form of a League of Nations.

With great appreciation of your kindness in laying your thoughts so fully before me,

Cordially and sincerely yours,
[Woodrow Wilson]


Dr. Charles W. Eliot,
Cambridge, Mass.

Original Format

Letter

To

Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926