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Will Richard. New York Jan 1st 1932

Dear Richard, I am delighted at the idea of your going on a trip around the world; that will be a grand adventure, and a rare privilege. I see by the paper that Mr Vladima, successor to Alexander Dowey and head of the Zionists cult, who declares that the earth is flat, and has four corners - because the bible says so - is going on a trip around the world also; there strikes one as being something inconsistent there - if he does not look out he might fall over the edge and then there would hell [sic] to pay. There is an Italian firm which is seeking treasure lost on sunken ships by means of a newly devised diving tube which will take a man down over four hundred feet into the dim depths, but who is going to invent a tube which will rescue Mr Vladima after he falls over the edge of the world into hell? Mr Vladima has a special pull with the Almighty, but it will tax the workshops of heaven even, to devise such a tube as he will need. While working on the model of the Cougar group yesterday, which will be located on the north brink of the Grand Canyon, I kept wondering whether the edge of