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Burton Emmett

to do it nicely. Only a genius, like yourself, could handle it lightly and softly and without hurt. About your point of view regarding the ultimate value or acceptance or rating of a man's work: Dear Sherwood Anderson, I never felt as certain as I do now that the rating on your work will be very, very high and that your work is bound to live. If I had been losing faith in this (but I had not), the recent things in the the New Republic would have reassured me over and over. You weren't seeking for - nor even thinking of - any reassurance from me on this; but how I wish I had the words to tell you just how wizard-like these things