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Excerpt from Addresses of Thaddeus Burr Wakeman: At and in Reference to the First Monist Congress at Hamburg, in September 1911, Together With His Report of the Proceedings, as Published in the Truth Seeker, Including Addresses and Letters by Professor Ernst Haeckel, Professor Wilhelm Ostwald and James
To the editor or the truth seeker: At the suggestion of Professor Ernst Haeckel of Jena we beg to invite you to the First Monist Congress, to be held in Hamburg on September 8-11, 1911.
As you will see from the accompanying circular, we desire to make the Congress an event of cul tural importance, a great demonstration of Free thought, and we should be very glad if you and your friends in America who share your ideas will honor us with your presence, and so help to advance the Monist movement.
Your presence is especially desired, because we are planning to have a meeting of foreign friends and the delegates of the German Monist League in order to determine the time and place of the next Monist Congress, and discuss the formation of an International Monist League.
The Congress will take place under the honorary chairmanship of Professor Haeckel, who is taking the greatest interest in it. He would esteem it a special pleasure to be able to welcome you upon this occasion. We will send you the program of the Con gress as soon as possible.
Awaiting your reply and your notification that you will be present at the Congress, we are respect fully yours, german monist league.
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