"By the way, I am taking liberty to send you with this, copies of some
little booklets which I have just gotten out in reference to our work.
"I am, as ever,
"Your friend,
"J. H. KELLOGG."
"BATTLE CREEK, MICH., June 24, 1903.
"MY DEAR FRIEND:
"I have your kind note of June 21st. I am happy to be remembered by
you tho I have neglected writing you. I was afraid my letter would not
find you on your journeys.
"We are chewing hard out here at Battle Creek, chewing more every
day. We are continually thinking and talking of you and the wonderful
reform you set going. We have gotten up a little 'chewing song' which
we sing to the patients. It is only doggerel but it helps to keep the
idea before our people. We dedicated it to you and I am going to send
you a copy of it as soon as the printers get it ready. If you feel
too much disgraced I will take your name off.
"That little book on 'Cornaro' is not out yet. We have been waiting
for the introduction from you. We can wait as much longer as is
necessary, as you are the man to furnish this introduction.
"I hope you will come West some time this summer so you can drop in
and see us in our new building. We are not quite in perfect running
order yet, but we shall soon be fixed in good shape and will be
delighted to have you with us. You have helped us greatly in calling
our attention to the great importance of chewing. We had known it for
a long time but had not practised it. You demonstrated the thing in
such a graphic way that the whole world is constrained to listen.
"Thanking you for your kind note,
"I remain, very sincerely yours,
"J. H. KELLOGG."
"BATTLE CREEK, MICH., July 23, 1903.
"MY DEAR MR. FLETCHER:
"I have your kind favour of July 14. You are doing me altogether too
much honour. I am only a plodding, humble doctor, and have never
had any opportunity to do any great thing, because of the limits of
my abilities, and because I have not the opportunity to devote my
energies to any one special thing; but have so many things to do that
I can do nothing very well.
"I remember Dr. Krauss very well. He has for some years been assistant
to Prof. Winternitz, the Professor of Nerve Diseases in the Medical
Department of the Royal and Imperial University of Austria. He seemed
a very able physician and a delightful gentleman. I was very glad to
meet him.
"I have already sent you a copy of a little booklet entitled 'The
Building of a Temple of Health.'
"We will be most happy to have a visit from you. I would like to know
about what time you are coming, and I will endeavour to be here. I
have a call to give an address at Chautauqua, N. Y., early in August,
and if I do not know when you will be here, I might possibly be away,
which I should consider a great misfortune.
"We have nothing here, I am sure, which will be new to scientific men,
and I apprehend that they will have a very different opinion of our
work than you have.
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