Syracuse -
Jan. 29 1900.

My dear Susan -

Without being too
confident as to the doctrine
of "final causes", it is quite
plain that Brooklyn +
Syracuse were made to
show us that all the
rest of the world is insignifi-
cant + unsatisfactory in
comparison with Hadley +
Amherst. Upon me that
fact has been impressed by

[in margin:]
I can't make out whether you are in New
York or Brooklyn or the no. of the St., so this
must go to Amherst -