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" I always give myself the pleasure of reading your
last letter, with always the result of realising that the
poet's epistolary gifts axe beyond the reach of us
pedestrian folk. Anyway it was a pleasure to beTemind-
ed how your visit to Mecca had given you fresh inspira-
tion, one fruit of which was your lines : " To England,
1938." Therein you clearly envisaged the horrors
which darken our world of 1939.

I feel sure that the author of the * Sonnet to England '
written during the Great War, will not withhold the
homage of his heart from England in her present hour
of need."

C. J. SANTOS (1934)

" I was really deeply moved and felt such a conso-
lation to think that I had still a true friend in this
world on whom I could rely in the hour of need."

AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
" These volumes are indeed deeply appreciated not
only for their literary value as additions to my collec-
tions of autographed works, but as a charming souvenir
of an acquaintanceship which has meant much to me
in many ways. If you will pardon the personal note, I
may say that it is to the high ideals and lofty standard
set by the all-too-rare men of your own chivalrous type
that I turn my thoughts when I think of growing older.
I should like to mould myself in some such restrained
pattern and I look forward to the serenity of your poise
and certitude of steady, firm orientation of mind and
spirit."
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