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Nile Kinnick's correspondence with his family, January-June 1939

1939-01-08: Page 14

citizens along can gain from his beneficence who should be worthier of more. Please overlook the very evident vanity attending these statements and try to accept my inference as valid argument that I should keep my job at the bank. Personally, I can see no other reason for my being extended that job. If expressing good character, ideals, good scholarship, plus an ability on the athletic field is Williams; Phillips; the bank as an institution's (or whoever is responsible for my present employment's) return for the money expended, I would say that I put in all of 16 hrs a day fulfilling the contract, but it is of course easy for me to so do - that I will grant.
Well I have spoken; I have presented my side of the case. However, if you still believe your course of action the better I'll follow it. Nevertheless, at the present time I feel strongly for

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citizens along can gain from his beneficence who should be worthier of more. Please overlook the very evident vanity attending these statements and try to accept my inference as valid argument that I should keep my job at the bank. Personally, I can see no other reason for my being extended that job. If expressing good character, ideals, good scholarship, plus an ability on the athletic field is Williams; Phillips; the bank as an institution's (or whoever is responsible for my present employment's) return for the money expended, I would say that I put in all of 16 hrs a day fulfilling the contract, but it is of course easy for me to so do - that I will grant. Well I have spoken; I have presented my side of the case. However, if you still believe your course of action the better I'll follow it. Nevertheless, at the present time I feel strongly for