"In Chapter 18 of Marriage and Morals which you are reprinting there is a statement 'It seems on the whole fair to regard negroes as on the average inferior to white men.' I have for a very long time come to think this statement erroneous and I very much regret that by some mistake the necessary correction was not conveyed to you. ... A very slight change of words would suffice—e.g. the substitution of 'There is no sound reason' for 'It seems on the whole fair'...."