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I do want to thank you for your kindness in [[strikethrough]] por [[/strikethrough]] submitting to me a copy of Mr. L.E's letter which I understand you will publish in your forthcoming issue with any comments I may wish to make regarding it. 

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I gratefully accept this opportunity to say that as in my 40 years [[strikethrough]] in the [[/strikethrough]] of active participation in the art world I have never before heard [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] Mr. E's name, neither as author, scholar, lecturer or student of Gericault or any other subject. I am wondering whether he is not writing on [[strikethrough]] behalf [[/strikethrough]] as the consciousness  of someone else,