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former are open to influence; the latter can be quickened and
prepared for something better. As a matter of fact, I find that
there are those in all classes whom my books attract, others who
are repelled, as I have said. It is perhaps one of the pleasantest
experiences of an author's life to learn from letters and in other
ways that he is forming a circle of friends, none the less
friendly because personally unknown. Their loyalty is both a
safeguard and an inspiration. On one hand, the writer shrinks from
abusing such regard by careless work; on the other, he is
stimulated and encouraged by the feeling that there is a group in
waiting who will appreciate his best endeavor. While I clearly
recognize my limitations, and have no wish to emulate the frog in
the fable, I can truthfully say that I take increasing pains with
each story, aiming to verify every point by experience--my own or
that of others. Not long since, a critic asserted that changes in
one of my characters, resulting from total loss of memory, were
preposterously impossible.


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