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Collection Reference Number GLC05508.199
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1930s 
Title Fulton Oursler to John sending condolences
Date 18 April 1938
Author Oursler, Fulton (1893-1952)  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Oursler offers condolence to John after the death of his wife. He comforts his friend by reminding him of his faith. He writes of one man who did not believe in an after life and the sense of utter hopelessness that man faced when his wife died. He also tells of an Agnostic who suddenly gained faith when his brother died. He closes the letter by quoting Robert Ingersoll.
Subjects Religion  Death  Marriage  
People Oursler, Fulton (1893-1952)  
Place written Sandalwood, Massachusetts
Theme Religion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945