Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao K. Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, London November 14, 1929
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao K. Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, London November 14, 1929
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Letter from Alfred E. Stearns to Sao K. Alfred Sze, Chinese Legation, London November 14, 1929
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My dear Doctor Sze:
Your letter of October 30, enclosing that of Mr. C.Y. Sun dated July 20, has just reached me. On receipt of your letter I cabled you as follows:
"Have instructed Charles Sun arrange passage England earliest possible date"
Please pardon my seeming carelessness in not sending you an earlier message, but I had assumed that Charlie Sun himself would advise you direct of his plans. Only yesterday I received word from Charlie that he was to sail today on the S. S. "Bremen". Doubtless he will have reached you before this letter appears.
I am sure that you will find Charlie Sun as fine a boy as it has ever been your privilege to meet. Of all the Chinese boys with whom I have been thrown in intimate contact for the past thirty years, Charlie, I think, has proved on the whole, as able and satisfactory a lad as any of the group. He has been conscientious and faithful in his work, always dependable, and yet possessing social qualities which have not led him astray into social excesses by any means, but which have rendered him as acceptable companion and friend to those who have had the opportunity to meet him. I feel sure that he will be able to render you at this time a real service and that as the years go by he will exert no little influence for all that is best in his own homeland.
I am naturally very much interested in what you write me of the piece of jade which Mr. C.Y. Sun has so generously consigned to me through your good offices, nothing could be valued more highly by me than a gift of this kind and there is no one from whom more than Mr. Sun it would prompt deeper feelings of appreciation. Under the circumstances, I believe that it will probably be best for you to ship the jade direct to me, if this can be done in safety, for I do not know how soon if at all I could delegate some friend to bring it over in person. If you feel that there is any serious risk involved in shipping it, I shall of course defer to your judgment and try to discover some one during the months ahead who will be coming back to this country and who I can perhaps persuade to secure from you and bring in person to me the article in question.
With warm personal regards, and wishing you every success and happiness in your life and work in England, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
Your letter of October 30, enclosing that of Mr. C.Y. Sun dated July 20, has just reached me. On receipt of your letter I cabled you as follows:
"Have instructed Charles Sun arrange passage England earliest possible date"
Please pardon my seeming carelessness in not sending you an earlier message, but I had assumed that Charlie Sun himself would advise you direct of his plans. Only yesterday I received word from Charlie that he was to sail today on the S. S. "Bremen". Doubtless he will have reached you before this letter appears.
I am sure that you will find Charlie Sun as fine a boy as it has ever been your privilege to meet. Of all the Chinese boys with whom I have been thrown in intimate contact for the past thirty years, Charlie, I think, has proved on the whole, as able and satisfactory a lad as any of the group. He has been conscientious and faithful in his work, always dependable, and yet possessing social qualities which have not led him astray into social excesses by any means, but which have rendered him as acceptable companion and friend to those who have had the opportunity to meet him. I feel sure that he will be able to render you at this time a real service and that as the years go by he will exert no little influence for all that is best in his own homeland.
I am naturally very much interested in what you write me of the piece of jade which Mr. C.Y. Sun has so generously consigned to me through your good offices, nothing could be valued more highly by me than a gift of this kind and there is no one from whom more than Mr. Sun it would prompt deeper feelings of appreciation. Under the circumstances, I believe that it will probably be best for you to ship the jade direct to me, if this can be done in safety, for I do not know how soon if at all I could delegate some friend to bring it over in person. If you feel that there is any serious risk involved in shipping it, I shall of course defer to your judgment and try to discover some one during the months ahead who will be coming back to this country and who I can perhaps persuade to secure from you and bring in person to me the article in question.
With warm personal regards, and wishing you every success and happiness in your life and work in England, believe me
Very sincerely yours,
Creator
Alfred E. Stearns
Publisher
Phillips Academy
Date
November 14, 1929
Rights
All Rights Reserved by Phillips Academy
Language
English
Type
Correspondence