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George Washington Carver to Mrs. J. H. Slagle, April 2, 1925, p. 3
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I am sure something will have to be added to it. Dont mind troubleing me in this way. I want our dear, dear boy “Dick” to learn all of these things, I am so anxious for him to be a real creative chemist. I have been unusually buisy this fall and winter I am shut in now, had my voice to give way again, by an attack of the “Flu”. in Indianapolis Ind. on Mch. 1st my voice gave way completely, but thank God I am getting in back again. My Dr. says it will be some weeks yet before I will be able to do any public speaking. Well the papers are saying so many many nice things about me that I feel whol[l]y unworthy of I am simply trying to do my little job in the world as God give me light. God permitting I hope to see you in this life, however I am not a young man any more, and not and never have been what you would call robust, but God has been so good to me, I really feel that He is not ready for me yet, to give up the job. I want to be with “Dick” some again this summer, I want to do some real collecting with him, and you being a student of nature, could help us, so I thought if my health permitted, and they did not make too many demands upon me here, I would come up there, get our dear boy “Dick” and do some collecting in the Mountains if he had the time. I was talking with one of his proffessors at the university, who knew all about him coming to Tuskegee last summer, He said that another professor
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In this letter of April 2, 1925, George Washington Carver writes to Mrs. J.H. (Margaret Gillespie) Slagle regarding the health of her son Thomas (Dick), who had the mumps at the time, and also praises Dick's work and reputation as a student at the University of North Carolina. Carver also expresses his happiness that Mr. Slagle is well again and offers some advice on his continued recovery. He briefly discusses his own health and some praise he had received in the press before indicating his desire to travel to Franklin and spend time with Dick and the Slagle family collecting specimens in nature. He then expresses his hopes for Dick's future and how he wishes to be a mentor for him. The letter closes with Carver offering his prayers for the family and expressing his gratitude at having Mrs. Slagle as a friend.
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