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ALS signed “H. G.,” one page both sides, 5.5 x 7, 13 Hanover Terrace letterhead, September 8, 1941. Handwritten letter to "Ogden," regarding a translation and referring to his desire to make and ratify as law an international declaration of human rights. In part: "The part about treaties is to be met I think by saying that a World Federation makes the culminating treaty in the Declaration of Rights which is the social contract between the states." In fine condition.
H.G. Wells’s The Rights of Man; or, What Are We Fighting For? (1940) was a manifesto that set out his vision for universal human rights as the basis of a just postwar world. Written during the turmoil of World War II, Wells argued that a lasting peace required recognizing the inherent dignity and equality of all people. His ideas influenced later discussions that shaped the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
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