To Alan Harris
C/o Brown Shipley & Co 123, Pall Mall, S.W.1
Glion, Switzerland. June 22, 1929
Dear Sir,
It seems to me that the book you suggest is one that you should write yourself, since the idea of it has occurred to you and not to any other person. In any case, I am too much occupied with my own plans, too old, and not learned enough, to undertake it.
Yours very truly,
G Santayana
From The Letters of George Santayana: Book Four, 1928–1932. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003.
Location of manuscript: The Library, University of Reading, England