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Correspondence from John Quinn to Aleister Crowley
John Quinn Attorney and Counsellor at Law 31 Nassau Street New York
August 14, 1916.
Dear Mr. Crowley,
I am glad to receive this morning yours of yesterday, August 13th. I am glad that you liked my notes on Casement. I tried to meet at one time a lot of assinine slobbering that there was on the English side. It won't please the English. It won't please the American Tories. It won't please the Germans. It won't please the Irish extremists and irreconcilables. But I don't give a dam. I wrote it to please myself.
I tried to avoid exaggeration and to keep out all appearance of sentimentality or hysteria. I didn't attempt to shorten it too much. The greatest speeches were the long speeches, except Danton's, and things like Lincoln's so-called Gettysburg speech.
I will bear in mind the suggestion of the second part of your letter and if anything comes of it I will let you know. But the English are getting very cocky now, and they don't seem to care a dam for public opinion in this country,—a great mistake on their part. If the chance of employment for you comes along I will certainly let you hear from me. But a favorable result is not to be counted upon.
With kind regards, I am,
Yours very truly,
John Quinn.
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