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Ted Reiff, properly "put down" dreary Michael's "failed" thesis but, because of your editorial debility and/or deceit, so much of the information will be lost. Terrific, Phil, just terrific!) I could proceed further for instance into Burnham's abuse of the religious and literary aspects of my arts but, again, why bother. As critic of contemporary art, as usual, I can't sense any reason to publish, thereby to prefer, Burnham's dilittantish opinions to anyone else's & Once more, I don't care to explain on. Burnham as acutely critical psychologist of me through my writing, etc. is utterly incompetent. Plainly, the entire matter is none of his goddamned affair. Probably such vicious unethical bunkum doesn't belong in your magazine but you, based upon your past editorial performance, might be the last one to realize that. And my oh my, then, there's dear departed formerly "pugnacious" old Ad Reinhardt, often publicly and privately abusive of his colleagues and "the scene", whom Burnham probably never met, let alone understood, now acknowledged by him as sainted in retrospect when compared with "vindictive" me whom he has met (barely), read about and disagreed with. Blow it out your "up tight" ass, Jack, you poor choked up slob! (I'm laughing here watching the Orange Bowl game. It must be time to stop this letter.)

Well, somehow, I continue to want to wish you

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