Please drop everything and join me in wishing the happiest of birthdays to E. B. White’s true masterpiece: a perfectly formed letter that never fails to lift my spirits, however dark the day.
New York
September 28th, 1956
Dear Mr. Adams:
Thanks for your letter inviting me to join the Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Eisenhower.
I must decline, for secret reasons.
Sincerely,
E. B. White
Letter excerpted from the exquisite book, Letters of E. B. White, edited by Dorothy Lobrano Guth.
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Exquisite! I may steal this excuse but it won't sound nearly as good coming from me. Thank you!
Completely wonderful! Made my evening!! Thank you!