BIB_ID
457122
Accession number
MA 14781
Creator
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946, sender.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.1 x 17.2 cm
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery from: Easton Glebe, / Dunmow.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Thanking him for his "friendly letter", but cautioning him not "fall into the error of supposing that a man is great & good & benevolent because he does work you like or does work that you think has a good effect"; going on to state that he does not know that he "loves humanity", and that he is "bored by wars & international troubles & I chuck a book at them very much as you might chuck a book at a squalling cat"; observing that the Rev. J.R. Black probably "loves humanity & feels for the Bottom Dog much more than I do", adding "if the Bottom Dog started the fight, made the trouble & so forth, I don't care very much if he gets his full licking."
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