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23 November 1948
Rutledge, Wiley B., 1894-1949
to D. Lawrence Groner
Discusses a book that Groner mailed to Rutledge. Remarks that it reminded him of scenes from his childhood in eastern Tennessee.
GLC04352.06
2 November 1955
Marshall, Catherine, 1914-1983
to James Jones
Marshall responds to Jones about what her novel, "A Man Called Peter," has meant to him. Marshall is thankful that since her husband's death, God has given her work (i.e. writing) that she loves doing and which helps others.
GLC05508.177
1945
Uris, Leon, fl. 1945
[This night is different...]
"This night is different because we celebrate the most important moment in the history of our people. On this night we celebrate their going forth in triumph from slavery to freedom."
GLC05508.248
9 October 1969
Vonnegut, Kurt, 1922-2007
to students of Marshall E. Bean
Vonnegut thanks the class for the Thanksgiving card and comments they sent him and explains that another "Mr. Bean" was the best teacher he had as a child. He includes a poem from one of his books about how the whole world is doing God's work. The...
GLC05508.250
16 November 1949
Culbertson, Ely, 1893-1955
to Charles L. Wallis
Culbertson discusses why T.S. Eliot's "Journey of the Magi" is meaningful to him. He cites Eliot's question, "Was it birth or was it death?" and interprets it as a reference to Christ as a moral revolutionist; Christ brought the new Law of...
GLC05508.077
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