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* sans peur et sans reproche,' setting an example to us
all which should never be forgotten."

" Many thanks for your' Morning Thoughts.' When
I read them, it is borne in on me how many things I have
done which I ought not to have done and many things I
have left could only start again—but I suppose, one
would only fall again."

" They have a special appeal for me: they recall
the culture in which we were brought up—the ideals,
the accuracy of word and metre of those days, and
above all yourself. I am afraid I do not express my-
self well, but I am sure you know how I feel towards you
and the expression of your moods."

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Morning Thoughts

SIR BRIAN EGERTON

" I have been studying some of it with the greatest
interest and shall do so further at my leisure. Your
philosophy is engrossing and makes one seriously
think."

NAWAB (SIR) MAHDI YAR JUNG
" The style is very clear and the diction simple.
It reminds one more of 18th century writers like Addi-
son and Lamb than of the modern writers of 6 Jour-
nalese * English. The art of writing prose seems to be
dying out, and I think that prose such as this will help