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Sinkie's work on the practical phases and implications of a1 truism;
Sorokin's inability to write reviews.
S-31 SINNOTT, Dr. Edmund W. [October, 1950-October, 1957. 7 items] Corres-
pondence re: Sorokin's favourable comments on Sinnott's pamphlet
Science and religion; a request for Sorokin's comments on Sinnott's
Two roads to truth; Sorokin's favourable comments on Two roads to
truth and The biology of the spirit; Sorokin's receipt of a copy of
Sinnott's Matter, mind, and man; Sinnott's inability to attend the
conference on New Know1 edge i n Human Values; Si nnott ' s readiness
to cooperate with the Research Society.
S-32 SE-SJ - GENERAL. [November, 1924-October, 1966. 86 i tems] Correspondence
re: Sorokin's request for Prof. R. Sears to take charge of
studies similar to Murphy's "Study of sympathy and social behavior"
and Jersild's "Study of conflict"; a request for a copy of Sorokin's
address on the possible misuse of atomic powers by criminal ly-incl ined
persons; Sorokin's address on the possible misuse of atomic Dowers
to be published in Scientific monthly and in the proceedingss of the
American academy of economics and political science; an invitation
for Sorokin to be named honorary member of the Socioloqical Circle
of Students of Prague High school; publication of a ~zech edition of
Sorokin's Crisis of our age; a request for Sorokin to comment on why
there is a great flowering of literature on the decline of Europe;
M. Selzer's request to work under Sorokin's supervision at Harvard
University; an invitation for Sorokin to speak on religion as a
factor in formulating international relations at a dinner meeting of
the Service Bureau for Women's Organizations; Sorokin's decline of
the invitation; Sorokin's cri ticism of Dr. J. Seyppel 's pamphlet
Dekademz oder fortschritt; Sorokin's comments on Dr. K. Stewart's
paper; a request for Sorokin to criticize G. Shapiro's Ph.D. thesis
"The formulation and verification of a theory of primary social
integration"; a copy of Shapiro's Abstract from his Ph.D. thesis;
Sorokin's inability to read Shapiro's thesis; a request for Sorokin
to be a sponsor or member of the committee of the Boston Branch of
the Russian War Relief; a copy of S.N. Sharma's manuscript "The
disintegrating English language"; Sorokin's paper "Nine theses on
war and peace" published in Dr. P. Poling's God and the nations; a
request for Sorokin to sponsor the World Conference Against A and
H Bombs and for Disarmament; Sorokin's retirement from teaching; a
request to meet with Sorokin to discuss the work of the Research
Center; a request for Sorokin to assist the S.P.C.A. in stamping
out cruelty in the slaughterhouses; Sorokin's inability to assist
the S.P.C.A.; an inquiry about Sorokin's availability for a grant
from the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between
East and West; a copy of H.M. Simmons' "New tables of stone"; A.
Schoenfield's comments on Sorokin's paper on the indices of war
movement; a request for Sorokin to read Prof. 3. Saposnekov's
essay on the life and work of the Russian sociologist Jacob Novicov;
Sorokin's inabi 1 i ty to read the manuscript on Navicov; Shrinal i 's