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Aldous Huxley

Huxley’s take on greatness: “Bismarck couldn’t write Hamlet and Beethoven couldn’t have won the battle of Waterloo.”

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Huxley’s take on greatness: “Bismarck couldn’t write Hamlet and Beethoven couldn’t have won the battle of Waterloo.”

Novelist; Brave New World, The Doors of Perception, etc. ALS, one page, 5 x 8. In part: “Below is an autograph. As to greatness - obviously the qualities that make a man a great statesman or a great soldier are not the same as those which make another man a great musician or poet. Bismarck couldn’t write Hamlet and Beethoven couldn’t have won the battle of Waterloo.” In fine condition, with the date “2-17-63” written at the top in another hand. R&R COA.

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