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May 29 New York
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seem to me the best asset of any
philanthropic concern! Pearson has
30 people at work, handling organization
business, answering enquiries, and
ceding out leaflets. He is a
chustler himself, tho his chief
pride appears to be in the
amount of money that passes thru
his hands -- $100000 this year! I
cannot help feeling that he is a
floor-walker type of man. He, in
turn, dislikes Hornaday very much;
says that dabbler, H. impresses me
as being the greatest man in the
country, with myself (the visitor)
as second.
Pearson spent most
of the time telling me how
sympathetic he is with the
interests of the collector; how he
does nothing knowingly against them;
and that he often has to buck