“The straightest way to the heart of old matters is an old letter.”

—  Edgar A. Singer, Jr.

Source: Modern thinkers and present problems, (1923), p. 3 : Chapter 1. Giordano Bruno, 1548-1600

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American philosopher 1873–1954

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