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4 I hope that the leading newspapers and periodicals of the country will as soon as possible set this outrageous grabbing-scheme
clearly before the people, so that it may be finally and effectually crushed. Is it not astonishing that a nation that calls
itself upright and enlightened should countenance this repeated effort to steal a precious 1 Brookline, Mass. July 18,
1913. Dear Mr. Muir,- Your kind letter was most welcome, although the subject to which it refers is causing us all a great
deal of anxiety. We are trying on this side of the country to do all we can to save the situation. Mr. Whitman made a heroic
effort in Washington, against 05495