Shaw, George Bernard:

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[Autograph Letter, Signed, Correcting a Press Article in 'The Lady's Pictorial']. To Arthur Goddard, Jr., of THE LADY'S PICTORIAL: "May I suggest that you should give the writer of the enclosed cutting a friendly blowing-up. It happens that the passage I have underlined is not only not true, but precisely the opposite of the truth. My contribution to the subject, which is accessible in print to anyone who takes the trouble to verify statements before making them public, is a demonstration of the utter impossibility of the State Stud Farm proposal, and the necessity of trusting solely to Nature in marriage...." He further cautions, "from one journalist to another - a writer so incautious and inconsiderate of his journal and his editor may make his (or her) next mistake about one of the people who live by taking actions against newspapers. You are in no danger in my case...." He concludes by suggesting that the situation might prove an opportunity to "bring an inexperienced contributor up to the mark... I offer you the opportunity for what it is worth. Yours faithfully G. Bernard Shaw." Shaw has captioned the letter at the top: "Private." The referenced article clipping is not present.

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