"1849 Clarkson Street Ellis J Meredith, Dear Madam:-I have called several times at the \Road\ office in the attempt to see you and thank you personally for your very kind and helpful review of \John Harvey\, but have not been able to find you. I received your not of February 14th, but [thinking?] to see you delayed answering it. I thank you very much for the review, and Mr. George, in the kindness of his heart, gave me about twenty papers containing it which have been distributed among my friends. With you I wish that \John Harvey\ could be at once materialized, and he and his colony may sooner than we suspect if we can get the people to thinking seriously about them. I wish it because I am tired of the grind myself and tired of seeing others grind"
"grind, until they become prematurely old, and gray, and feeble. This world was not built for the homes if slaves to such a mill. The hues of flowers, the music of waters, the voices of birds, the shade of trees, the refreshing verdure of the fields were not made to be passed by at express speed, but to be seen, listened to and keenly enjoyed by all humanity. God provided time for this after the hours of necessary labor, but man ordains that many shall be robbed of these refreshful hours. We call building great works, pushing great enterprises, suddenly [--] solitudes, all in the interest of accumulating wealth, development, but there rapid processes and this sordid object are not terrified in natures slow and cautious and generously intended operations, and I cannot call them this [--].\John Harvey\ was written with such feelings, from the fullness of such experience. I hope the book may do good, I think it has already. If it be a success, more may follow if time, health and circumstances permit, but of this no one can be sure. I hope sometime to see you, and thank you more fully and possibly talk more of these matters. I remain, Very sincerely yours, James M. Galloway March 16 1898"