[Rarebooks] FS: John Burroughs MANUSCRIPT on Germany: "we must accept the Germans as a part of the universe, as we do any other evil"

[Charles Agvent]

BURROUGHS, John. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "Germany's True 
Greatness" with a TYPED LETTER SIGNED (TLS). A 13-page working draft in 
pencil with corrections, mostly on rectos of 5-1/2" x 9" sheets, SIGNED 
by Burroughs at the conclusion. Written in response to a statement 
published by two German philosophers defending their country's invasion 
of Belgium at the outset of World War I. Burroughs contrasts Germany's 
cultural spirit with its military ambition, praising the country's many 
contributions to the arts and condemning its militarism. Burroughs notes 
that American public opinion is nearly unanimous in its opposition to 
the invasion of Belgium, and he predicts that great changes will occur 
in Russia as a result of its participation in "the war for the 
liberation of humanity.... A vast population however bound & tied cannot 
be set in motion & swayed by new & great impulse, without being in some 
manner emancipated from past conditions." Along with a letter dated 20 
October 1920 to Rev. L. M. Powers. In part: "I do not recant anything I 
have said about the Germans, and never shall. No array of words can 
paint them as black as they were. Probably it is all a lie that they 
sank the Lusitania, that they bombarded hospitals, that they gassed 
their enemies, and that their submarines were guilty of unspeakable 
atrocities! Of course we must accept the Germans as a part of the 
universe, as we do any other evil.... As individuals I have always liked 
them, but as a nation, I detest them." With a typed transcript of the 
article. Paper a little brittle, some pages with small chips and tears. 
Very Good. (#020101)        $3,500

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