“I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.”
Quote by John Jay Chapman
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This volume compiles selected letters written by John Jay Chapman, an American author, literary critic, and social commentator active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The letters provide a window into Chapman's personal thoughts, his relationships with contemporaries, and his views on literature, culture, and society of his time. The collection is edited and introduced to contextualize the correspondence within Chapman's broader body of work and the intellectual currents of the era. more
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