Aldous Huxley letter to L. P. Jacks

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{"value"=>"1942", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1942"}

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1942

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1942

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1942

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{"value"=>"Aldous Huxley letter to L. P. Jacks"}

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abstract

{"value"=>"Autograph letter signed (4 p.) from British author Aldous Huxley at Llano, California, 1942 September 6, to L. P. Jacks, a British author, educator, philosopher and Unitarian minister. Responding to a query in Jacks’s last letter concerning Prometheus, Huxley discusses the nature of reality and evil, political power, certain French Christian mystics (Père Joseph and Pierre de Bérulle), and the possible uses of mystical practice."}

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{"value"=>"<p>Aldous Huxley letter to L. P. Jacks, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from William Reese Company, 2014</p>"}

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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2014</span></p>"}

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.21 linear feet (1 volume)

date_start

1942

date_end

1942

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