Route #7
Columbia, Mo.
June 13
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When I arrived home from Wayne State, I found your letter of July 7th, a bully letter, especially the part about your experience with Edith Hamilton's book. She was a great authority and a very sensitive woman. I appreciate very much what you say about a similarity in the spirit of my verse and that of the Greeks. There should be such a similarity, not because of any imitation, but because the Greeks have meant so much to me for so many years, and I was attracted to them because of their way of seeing the world.
I know nothing about the Mever gentlemen whose honor seems to be in question. The field of psychic phenomena is very attractive to fore-flushers and phony scamps of all sorts, and it has suffered greatly because of this fact.
Of course I don't know that Mever is a scamp. Let me know anything you learn about him.
The Wayne State experience was overwhelming. They had a sculptor on hand to make a new bust of me. It will be cast in bronze for the homecoming in October. The homecoming parade will consist of 42 floats, representing the various dormitories and societies, and each float will represent some scene from my CYCLE.
It's beastly hot here——101 in the shade!
If it is not too much trouble, I wish you would type your next letter to me out of respect for my poor eyes!
John Neihardt
JOHN G. NEIHARDT
