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Now and then there is a powerful but sad story which really is interesting and which really does good; but normally the books which do good and the books which healthy people find interesting are those which are not in the least of the sugar candy variety, but which, while portraying foulness and suffering when they must be portrayed, yet have a joyous as well as a noble side. We have had a very mild and open fall. NOW AND THEN THERE IS A POWERFUL BUT SAD STORY WHICH REALLY IS INTERESTING AND WHICH REALLY DOES GOOD BUT NORMALLY THE BOOKS WHICH DO GOOD AND THE BOOKS WHICH HEALTHY PEOPLE FIND INTERESTING ARE THOSE WHICH ARE NOT IN THE LEAST OF THE SUGAR CANDY VARIETY BUT WHICH WHILE PORTRAYING FOULNESS AND SUFFERING WHEN THEY MUST BE PORTRAYED YET HAVE A JOYOUS AS WELL AS A NOBLE SIDE WE HAVE HAD A VERY MILD AND OPEN FALL
attle of Leipsic. I am off to vote to-night. NOVELS AND GAMES White House, November 19, 1905. DEAR KERMIT: I sympathize with every word you say in your letter, about Nicholas Nickleby, and about novels generally. Normally I only care for a novel if the ending is good, and I quite agree with you that if the hero has to die he ought to die worthily and nobly, so that our sorrow at the tragedy shall be tempered with the joy and pride one always feels when a man does his duty well and bravely. There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction. As Police Commissioner it was my duty to deal with all kinds of squalid misery and hideous and unspeakable infamy, and I should have been worse than a coward if I had shrunk from doing what was necessary; but there would have been no use whatever in my reading novels detailing all this misery and squalor and crime, or at least in reading them as a steady thing. S IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG NOVELS AND GAMES WHITE HOUSE NOVEMBER NINETEENTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR KERMIT I SYMPATHIZE WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAY IN YOUR LETTER ABOUT NICHOLAS NICKLEBY AND ABOUT NOVELS GENERALLY NORMALLY I ONLY CARE FOR A NOVEL IF THE ENDING IS GOOD AND I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU THAT IF THE HERO HAS TO DIE HE OUGHT TO DIE WORTHILY AND NOBLY SO THAT OUR SORROW AT THE TRAGEDY SHALL BE TEMPERED WITH THE JOY AND PRIDE ONE ALWAYS FEELS WHEN A MAN DOES HIS DUTY WELL AND BRAVELY THERE IS QUITE ENOUGH SORROW AND SHAME AND SUFFERING AND BASENESS IN REAL LIFE AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR MEETING IT UNNECESSARILY IN FICTION AS POLICE COMMSIONER IT WAS MY DUTY TO DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF SQUALID MISERY AND HIDEOUS AND UNSPEAKABLE INFAMY AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE THAN A COWARD IF I HAD SHRUNK FROM DOING WHAT WAS NECESSARY BUT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO USE WHATEVER IN MY READING NOVELS DETAILING ALL THIS MISERY AND SQUALOR AND CRIME OR AT LEAST IN READING THEM AS A STEADY THING
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