last letter. Please look at that letter again. , , My proposal to have five or more suits brought laying the damages in each suit, at $300,000 may appear extravagant. My reasons for this course are these. , , 1. The different publishers cannot be included in the same suit. We must therefore bring different separate suits against them. We wish to bring suits against enough of them the secure us the services of as many as we want in getting testimony. , , 2. , last letter. And that seems to me the only way of getting any further testimony. Please look at that letter again. , , If Mr. Sedgwick should not assent to my plan, I would propose that we have a meeting (Mr. Sedgwick, yourself, and myself) and settle upon some definite course and effort to little or no purpose. I either do not understand all of Mr. Sedgwick's plans, or else (as it seems to me) they are utterly inadequate. The consequence is, [...] instead of confronting with the each other, At present we seem to be spending a great deal of precious time and effort [...]., , I retain his (Mr Sedgwick's) letter and also your draft. , , Yours truly, , L Spooner