TLS, one page, 8.5 x 11, Metropolitan letterhead, October 25, 1917. Letter to famous New York Herald cartoonist W. A. Rogers. In full, “If I were allowed to choose myown epitaph, and if I felt that I deserved what you said, I should ask to have what you have inscribed on the volume you sent me used as such epitaph. Believe me, my dear fellow, I am very proud of it. As for the pictures themselves, they have been, from the time you started them, among the not too many things which have kept up my pride in my country. At a time when almost every other cartooner or writer was nervously endeavoring to seem to attack brutality without hurting the feelings of the brute, and was therefore denouncing war with a vagueness which made the denunciation apply as much to Belgium as to Germany, you served the cause of decency by striking fearlessly home at the offender. It was a great and manly service, and all Americans owe you a debt of gratitude.” In very good condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
