Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, Tientsin, July 15, 1931
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Title
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, Tientsin, July 15, 1931
Subject
Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Thomas Sun, Tientsin, July 15, 1931
Transcription
Dear Tom:
Just a note to welcome you home, though you will doubtless be at home some little time before this letter reached you, and to thank you heartily for your fine letter written in San Francisco on July 7 and received by me today. Certainly the spirit in which you have written warms the cockles of my heart and makes me feel that whatever annoyance or trouble I may have had to undergo at times in connection with my American guardianship has, after all, been more than worth while.
Personally, I have taken immense satisfaction in your development and progress during these last few years. I have told you this more than once and am glad to repeat it now. That is one of the chief reasons I have been ready to take up the cudgels for you in your desire to return to your native land. I do hope that after you have passed through the readjustment stage, which I know is going to be a hard and trying one for you, you will settle down and give your country the best that is in you. There is a great work to be done by fellows like you who are able and ready to turn their talents and best efforts unreservedly into the kind of work and service that China requires in these difficult times, and I am counting on you to take the lead.
With every best wish to you and never-failing good will, believe me
Ever sincerely yours,
Just a note to welcome you home, though you will doubtless be at home some little time before this letter reached you, and to thank you heartily for your fine letter written in San Francisco on July 7 and received by me today. Certainly the spirit in which you have written warms the cockles of my heart and makes me feel that whatever annoyance or trouble I may have had to undergo at times in connection with my American guardianship has, after all, been more than worth while.
Personally, I have taken immense satisfaction in your development and progress during these last few years. I have told you this more than once and am glad to repeat it now. That is one of the chief reasons I have been ready to take up the cudgels for you in your desire to return to your native land. I do hope that after you have passed through the readjustment stage, which I know is going to be a hard and trying one for you, you will settle down and give your country the best that is in you. There is a great work to be done by fellows like you who are able and ready to turn their talents and best efforts unreservedly into the kind of work and service that China requires in these difficult times, and I am counting on you to take the lead.
With every best wish to you and never-failing good will, believe me
Ever sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
July 15, 1931
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence