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038. Letter to Clegg, page 4

Oscar Wilde
1854–1900

Autograph letter signed, London, to Bernulf Clegg, [1891]. 4 p.

MA 7258.10

Gift of Lucia Moreira Salles, 2008

Transcription

Page 4

all that is to be said about our relations to flowers. Of course man may sell the flower, and so make it useful to him, but this has nothing to do with the flower. It is not part of its essence. It is accidental. It is a misuse. All this is I fear very obscure. But the subject is a long one.

Truly yours,
Oscar Wilde