The Archive · 1939

Pseudonymity

And the Reason for it Sm—The use of pseudonyms adds to rather than detracts from the interest displayed in these letters.

If we used the name of plain John Smith it will be just os Greek to most people as Aristotle Some of us can just make the "B? grade in an office but may have good ideas and can wield a wicked pen, but if we identified ourselves as John Smith the clerk, we might get beans from the management, 50 here is 10 anonymity until we become financially independent, Pustico.

Shanghai, Aug, 24,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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