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,AU?OR 3 ,M>Y ,WOLL/ONECRAFT 

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,! ,P,U,B,L,I,C >E H]E PRES5T$ ) ! LA/ LIT]>Y ATTEMPT ( AN AU?OR1 :OSE FAME HAS BE5 UNCOMMONLY EXT5SIVE1 & :OSE TAL5TS HAVE PROBABLY BE5 MO/ ADMIR$1 BY ! P]SONS BY :OM TAL5TS >E E/IMAT$ ) ! GREATE/ ACCURACY & DISCRIM9ATION4 ,!RE >E FEW1 TO :OM H] WRIT+S C\LD 9 ANY CASE HAVE GIV5 PLEASURE1 ?AT W\LD HAVE WI%$ ?AT ?IS FRAGM5T %\LD HAVE BE5 SUPPRESS$1 BECAUSE IT IS A FRAGM5T4 ,!RE IS A S5TIM5T1 V]Y DE> TO M9DS ( TA/E & IMAG9ATION1 ?AT F9DS A MELAN*OLY DELI<T 9 CONTEMPLAT+ !SE UNF9I%$ PRODUCTIONS ( G5IUS1 !SE SKET*ES ( :AT1 IF !Y HAD BE5 FILL$ UP 9 A MANN] ADEQUATE TO ! WRIT]'S CONCEPTION1 W\LD P]HAPS HAVE GIV5 A NEW IMPULSE TO ! MANN]S ( A WORLD4 

,! PURPOSE & /RUCTURE ( ! FOLL[+ WORK1 HAD LONG =M$ A FAVORITE SUBJECT ( M$ITATION ) ITS AU?OR1 & %E JUDG$ !M CAPABLE ( PRODUC+ AN IMPORTANT EFFECT4 ,! COMPOSITION HAD BE5 9 PROGRESS = A P]IOD ( TWELVE MON?S4 ,%E WAS ANXI\S TO DO JU/ICE TO H] CONCEPTION1 & RECOMM5C$ & REVIS$ ! MANUSCRIPT SEV]AL DIFF]5T TIMES4 ,SO MU* ( IT AS IS H]E GIV5 TO ! PUBLIC1 %E WAS F> FROM CONSID]+ AS F9I%$1 &1 9 A LETT] TO A FRI5D DIRECTLY WRITT5 ON ?IS SUBJECT1 %E SAYS1 0,I AM P]FECTLY AW>E ?AT SOME ( ! 9CID5TS \<T TO BE TRANSPOS$1 & HEI<T5$ BY MORE H>MONI\S %AD+2 & ,I WI%$ 9 SOME DEGREE TO AVAIL MYSELF ( CRITICISM1 BE=E ,I BEGAN TO ADJU/ MY EV5TS 9TO A /ORY1 ! \TL9E ( :I* ,I HAD SKET*$ 9 MY M9D40 "9 ,! ONLY FRI5DS TO :OM ! AU?OR COMMUNICAT$ H] MANUSCRIPT1 W]E ,MR4 ,DYSON1 ! TRANSLATOR ( ! ,SORC]]1 & ! PRES5T $ITOR2 & IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE = ! MO/ 9EXP]I5C$ AU?OR TO DISPLAY A /RONG] DESIRE ( PR(IT+ BY ! C5SURES & S5TIM5TS ?AT MI<T BE SUGGE/$4"9"9 

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