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To Henry Church

Hartford, October 28, 1942

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I don’t care any more about lines and circles than you do, but I don’t particularly dislike them. They are the printer’s idea.

Hartford, November 10, 1942

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Did you ever realized that the straight lines in the designs of the book mean direction, and that the circles mean comprehension? O, boy! If I may say so. But, if you don’t know what these things mean, they are quite all right as designs. Personally, I don’t care what they mean, and I know that you don’t . The book is as attractive a book as I have seen in a long time. (…)

Wallace Stevens