There are enough forces in the world that are afraid of our strength, “our hugeness,” as one of our sovereigns said. So, they seek to divide us into parts, this is a well-known fact. Look at what they did with Yugoslavia: they cut it into small pieces and are now manipulating everything that can be manipulated there, which is almost anything. Apparently, someone would like to do the same with us. . .
Your words have come true with a vengeance that I shd [should] be forestalled. . . I never saw a more striking coincidence. If Wallace had my M. S. sketch written out in 1842 he could not have made a better short abstract! Even his terms now stand as Heads of my Chapters.