To George Sturgis
Savoy Hotel
194bis rue de Rivoli,
Paris. July 23, 1936
I am settled here comfortably enough, with a great view, and Strong and Cory for daily company. No doubt France, Spain and more or less everything is going to the dogs: but that has been happening ever since the creation, and in spite of it all, here we are, you and me, quite decent presentable people having rather a good time. Let everything continue to go to the dogs, and probably the dogs will like it.
From The Letters of George Santayana: Book Five, 1933–1936. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003.
Location of manuscript: The Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.