Evidently the serious nature of his illness was not understood, for invitations to speak poured in from all quarters.

Most of these letters Mrs.Loring answered, but there was one that Page insisted on attending to himself.

The City of Cleveland was organizing some kind of a meeting dedicated to closer relations with Great Britain, and the Mayor wrote Page asking him to speak.

The last thing which Page wrote with his own hand was his reply to this invitation; and it is an impressive fact that his final written word should have dealt with the subject that had been so close to his heart for the preceding five years.
_To Harry L.Davis, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio_ I deeply regret my health will not permit me to attend any public function for some time to come; for I deeply appreciate your invitation on behalf of the City of Cleveland for the meeting on December 7th, and have a profound sympathy with its purpose to bring the two great English-speaking worlds as close together as possible, so that each shall thoroughly understand the courage and sacrifice and ideals of the other.

This is the greatest political task of the future.