Cambridge, 28 October 1958. Letter. Creases from mailing, otherwise Near Fine. A thoughtful AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) on both sides of 7" x 9" King's College letterhead to Professor [Rex] Warner. In part: "My glimpse of you yesterday reminded me that I had never ... thanked you for your lecture.... I am very glad that you cared to quote me, and -- still more -- to quote Dickinson. But it is a difficult wicket. I fear that sensitivity, the arts, and all that, can only be defended on the grounds that they are good in themselves. I don't write this high-mindedly. I only wish it was otherwise. The bait we hold out (I [?] changing my form of sport) is that the life of the imagination & the belief that the world is interesting, may in the long run make society and the individuals in it more comfortable. I doubt it."

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Seller: Charles Agvent (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 019401
Title: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
Author: FORSTER, E. M
Format/Binding: Letter
Book Condition: Used - Creases from mailing, otherwise Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Place of Publication: Cambridge
Date Published: 28 October 1958
Keywords: Signed, Bloomsbury, Autograph Letters, Modern Firsts, Modern First Editions
Bookseller catalogs: Autograph Letter;

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Charles Agvent

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