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“I am tired and so, casting up my Sins, I remember I've not said a word (more than hasty saying) of thanks to you for your part in my Selected Poems.”

Self-reproach and courtesy from a working poet who combined insurance with letters · Letter to J. C. Squire, 1928

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John Freeman

29 January 1880–23 September 1929

In the annals of early twentieth-century English poetry, few figures embodied such a striking duality as John Frederick Freeman. Born on January 29, 1880, in Dalston, Middlesex, into a Wesleyan Methodist family, Freeman would spend his days navigating the demanding world of commercial insurance while his nights…

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“If at the end of a long life you have to make your peace with the Recording Angel (a malicious fellow, he!) and other virtues are dismissed with contempt and other charities declared folly, if then you speak of these many wise and kind indulgences, that Angel will be convinced you are the kindest of friends—and the best of critics. O rare conjunction!”

A weary, grateful tribute to an editor’s long patience with a poet’s verse · Letter to J. C. Squire, 1928

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