Correspondence. Noyd thanks Zahn for sending him the books and letters and commends Zahn for his contributions to peace and humanity. ~ Noyd thanks Zahn for sending him the books and letters. Noyd has been doing much reading in the area of peace and conscientious objection and Zahn's name comes up again and again. Noyd believes that he deserves no special accolades, that there was no existential freedom in what he did. Noyd's puny "no sir, is miniscule compared to Zahn's contributions to peace and humanity.