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Thursday
[December 1947]
Dear Esther

I returned André Gide today, regretfully, have only glanced at it a bit, but I found no one has asked for it & so tomorrow I may get it back again!  Excellent!

It is very stimulating, like vitamins! And yes what a literary registry of names - I caught this - of Oscar Wilde.  After Gide's criticism of his plays - "Oh I am a genius only in my life, talent in my plays -"  That's not a correct quote - But the one I enclose is fine, don't you think?

His recipe for acquiring

Transcription Notes:
... Wilde devoted considerable effort, claiming (to André Gide) that he had put his genius into his life, and only his talent into his work. https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wilde-oscar-fingal-oflahertie-wills-1854-1900