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[enervating?] effect this war must be having on all art and on all expression [thru?] art. It is the time of stupid action now and the noise of guns and the windy [?] of man intrudes upon everything.

    I hope you are not too much upset and that your book moves on. Simplify old man. Tear down to the meat of it. I want a smashing book out of you.

    I sent you a letter that came to me from Paris and you did not send it back. I wanted to know the writers name. Send it to me.

    A shocking thought hits me. You are not involved in the draft