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We lake pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor:
I am 8 years old.
Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says "If you see it in The Sun it's so. "
Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus?
Virginia O'Hanlon
115 West 95th Street
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds. Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant. in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him. as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the w hole of truth and knowledge.
^ es. Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how drearv would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as drearv as if there were no Virginias. I here would In* no childlike faith then, no |M>etrv. no romance to make
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