TLS signed “Believe me, sincerely yours, Joseph Conrad,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, Capel House letterhead, May 3, 1919. Letter to "Mr. Adams," with several corrections in Conrad's own hand. In part: "It was very pleasant to hear from you again. I will tell you at once that our boy has come through this war alive and is now with us, having been discharged out of the army about a month ago. We are touched by your remembering that we had a son out there and by your feeling reference to it.
Your letter has made me real ashamed again after the lapse of years for the utterly unnecessary heat in argument which I displayed that afternoon when you and I went for a drive in the Ford and discussed the question of individual liberty. I remember when I confessed it to my wife afterwards with much compunction how shocked she was, but you have been extremely good about it. Your candid letter was very pleasant reading for me, mainly because my point of view has become practically demonstrated to you. Pray do not believe that I am triumphing, for there is much to say for the other—I may call it the ethically utilitarian attitude. In fact it is the undeniable strength of that attitude that makes it so exasperating to the objectors of my sort. The foundation of my argument was really the feeling that there is more than one kind of utility, whether in the moral or in the material sphere.
Thank you very much for your friendly invitation, which I prize immensely, but I am afraid that my travelling days are over. My health has been rather bad for the last two years and shows no signs of improvement. Still, one never knows!" In very good to fine condition, with scattered light soiling and staining.
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