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D«c. 23, I960.
ter:
Sincerely and cordially,
T. N. C“rswell.
C
I
rds to Mrs. Pope, and to all ;-emb rs
of the family.
Tour life and example as a good citizen
have long been an inspiration to me. Soon after I
entered Simmons-College (1909) I often heard the
name of ’’^udge Walter Pope of Anson,". Later I
met you. In years following, that acquaintance
ripened into a priceless friendship. Ky unusually
hi r ;ard enables me to think of you as an '’un-
common’* man, a highly complimentary description
applied by Dr. Hamilton C. Mabie, a Christian states-
man, philosopher, and scholar of world stature in the
early part of this century, to perhaps a half dozen
men of his world wide acquaintance.
So in that sense, Judge alter, I apply the
term - uacomman man - to you to convey my high an-
pr ciatipn and esteem. And, of course, I cannot close-
without wishing for you a rich participation in the
season new upon us, and in years yet to come.