p.

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on the Japanese civilization, -but would
suggest dropping the second "the"
in the table of contents for
sound-sake --"the Genius of Japanese
Civilization" would sound better
than my new title, and mean
more.

-- I am very anxious
to have the paper on Preexistence
used in this book as No. 12,
and hope it will reach
you promptly. It may open
the way toward the favorable
reception of some later [paper(word crossed through)]
thoughts on the subject of
psychical combinations - I
mean the realization of affinities
by actual suppositions union[?]
of ultimates. Of course all
such ideas are speculative, -
involve a certain amount
of "unthinkable" proposals; or