Letters, Jul. 6, 1931

Jordan, Shortridge & Brisbane

Sirs:

Enclosed clipping supplements your appreciation of Dr. David Starr Jordan in TIME of June 8.

A great and fearless man. Dr. Jordan did not hesitate to say ''Arthur Brisbane knows no more about Evolution than—*Sam Shortridge (U. S. Senator from California) does." And—"Unfortunately Darrow is as ignorant concerning Evolution as Bryan is."

Bryan is dead but Brisbane continues to lead the blind.

C. A. McCORMICK

San Francisco, Calif.

*Sam Shortridge must typify Dr. Jordan's ideal of ignorance.

In the clipping. Dr. Jordan was hailed by Stanford's 1931 class orator as one...

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