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To The Man Who Killed My Dog
Photo: GettyIn 1955, travel editor Richard Joseph and his wife, Morgan, left the intensity of New York behind and settled into the relative calm of Connecticut. They adapted quickly to the slower pace of life, and before long had welcomed a Basset Hound puppy named Vicky into their home. One Sunday
What cure is there for human stupidity?
Majorie Kinnan Rawlings at her Florida home. (Photo: Getty)Every now and then I'll come across a letter that feels startlingly current, as though its author, despite being long gone, has somehow managed to write directly into the present. Of course, it's simply a reminder that the human race has alw
His life has now passed over into yours
The following letter was written on this day in 1913. It was first reprinted in 1950 in Briefe. Vol. 1: 1897-1914. Edited by K. Altheim. Published by Insel-Verlag. Rainer Maria Rilke (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)It was in 1906 that Bohemian aristocrat Sidonie Nádherná von Borutín first m
You go to hell, you
American author and environmentalist Edward Abbey sits in a folding chair as he reads, near his desert home, Tuscon, Arizona, April 9, 1984. (Photo by Ed Lallo/Getty Images)Happy birthday to the following letters, all written on the third day of an August gone by. Oh, oh, oh, the heat!It comes round