DURKHEIM EMILE: (1858-1917) French sociologist, one of the principal architects of modern social science along with both Karl Marx and Max Weber. A rare A.L.S., E Durkheim, to two sides of a plain correspondence card, Rue St. Jacques, n.d. ('Lundi'), to Ribelliau, in French. Durkheim regrets that he has no access to the Chapter and that there are still formalities to accomplish which will probably delay his appointments until around the 15^th July, continuing 'Ce sera trop tard pour que j'ai a intervenir dans la question qui le concerne. Je n'ai par besoir de le dire que je fais des voeux pour qu'il puisse t'etre faite une place a le Sorbonne, et ce voeu ne m'est pas inspire seulement par l'amitie de ces communs souvenirs. J'aurais bien en quelques scrupules au sujet du titre a donner au cours….. et qu'on me prevait pour constituer une discipline d'eterminee mais peut-etre cela tient-il a mon ignorance de la question.' (Translation: 'It will be too late for me to intervene in the question in concern. It goes without saying that I'm making wishes so that you can be given a place at the Sorbonne, and this wish is not inspired in me only by the friendship of these common memories. I would have had some scruples about the title to be given to the course……and that I was expected to constitute a determined discipline, but perhaps that is due to my ignorance of the question'). A vertical crease appears to the centre of the card, only very slightly affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG