Letter, April 4, 1932, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York / W.N. Guthrie. 1930.

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Letter, April 4, 1932, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island, New York / W.N. Guthrie. 1930.

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Has read with much interest his poem on Washington and the elegy on George Sterling. Also read "The Toiler" but does not agree with all the things he ascribes to him. Says we don't owe him the Parthenon, colosseum or ancient Pyramids because the workman was only skilled muscle. It was the mind that did all these things. he goes on to debate "The Man With the Hoe". Original envelope encluded.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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