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TCG Letter #1320


From
Christopher Wiseman
To
J.R.R. Tolkien
Date
1 March 1916
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Writing to Tolkien at Brocton Camp, Christopher Wiseman defends an opinion he made on 'Kortirion among the Trees'. He says that Tolkien is interested in night and stars and "little, delicate, beautiful creations", but he is "more thrilled by enormous, slow-moving, omnipotent things" and scientific discoveries, "the wonderful secrets that man is continually digging out … of the great sun, the great stars, the amazing greatness of mountains".

Wiseman mentions that he is worried about Robert Gilson.
Notes
"little, delicate, beautiful creations" - H&S have 'creations', Garth transcribes it as 'creatures'.
Tags
References
Tolkien and the Great War, p. 6; p. 121 ('Old days, Harborne Road...'); p. 129 ('on the contrary...'); p. 146 (fear for RQG's sanity)
Tolkien Papers, Bodleian Library, Oxford


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