Spencer Heath Archive

Item 1637

Carbon of a letter from Heath to Felix Morley, Gibson Island, Maryland

September 3, 1957

 

 

Dear Dr. Morley:

     Russell Kirk has been kind enough to send me Volume 1, Number 1, of the new magazine of discussion, Modern Age. He has written me very interestingly about it, and also seems to be much taken with the paper I read before the Annual Meeting of The Christian Freedom Founda­tion (I think I sent you a copy of it).

     Almost the first thing I saw in the new magazine was your “American Republic or American Empire.” This article impresses me profoundly. I have long entertained similar conclusions, but have never seen in any one place so many supporting facts and clear arguments. You have thrown light on the whole dark picture — reluctantly, it seems and without heat or hysteria. The big question, of course, is how the matter can be resolved. My own well matured conclusion is that no political solution is possible. The state of affairs is not one which can be resolved; it can only be outgrown. And then the question is, How?

     The three of us — three generations, in fact — certainly had a delightful afternoon and evening with you on the 21st.

     (This letter is being completed from this point on after my return from and absence in Virginia until yesterday. Please excuse the delay.)

     I hope you have found my Citadel, Market and Altar of interest on further reading. Favorable comments keep coming in, among them a further recent letter from Dr. Jordan, in which he recommends the attention of Citadel, Market and Altar to a number of his former associates on The National Industrial Conference Board; also a very nice letter from Dr. William Ernest Hocking. I shall be very happy indeed if the volume marks out a substantial beginning of a sound and vital philosophy in support of free enterprise capitalism.

     We were all greatly charmed by the woodland love­liness of your surroundings, as well as the gracious hospitality received from Mrs. Morley and you.

    

     With kind personal regards,

 

Sincerely,

SH/m Enc