Literary
BUSH
(Douglas, 1896-1983, Professor of English at Harvard, 1936-1966, critic and literary historian)
Typed letter signed to historian Geoffrey F.A. Best, b. 1928,
saying We were both right and wrong. Johnson did make the remark, but the anecdote is in Mrs. Piozzi, not in Boswell, quoting from Bush's own edition the question and Johnson's angry reply, advising no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding, Bush adds There is more to the tale, about Johnson's apparent regret for his outburst, 1 side 7 x 6, 3 Clement Circle, Cambridge 38, Massachusetts, 28th October
Item Date: 1954
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Best had been Choate fellow at Harvard, 1954-1955, and had just gone to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, as Fellow and Assistant Lecturer.
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