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Letter from Archibald Lampman to William Wilfred Campbell

In: Lover of Empire: William Wilfred Campbell (Case Study)
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Full Title: 
Letter from Archibald Lampman to William Wilfred Campbell
Description: 

A page from a letter to Campbell from Archibald Lampman in which Lampman weighs in on the so-called “War Among the Poets.” Lampman tells Campbell, “There is never anything to be gained by getting up a row…. There is little enough true work being done, and it is a shame that those who have a portion of the gift … waste their time and ability in confounded foolishness as you have just been doing”.

Creator: 
Lampman, Archibald, 1861-1899
Case Study: 
Lover of Empire: William Wilfred Campbell
Material Type: 
letter (handwritten)
Era: 
1918-1980
Transcript: 

There is never any thing to be gained by getting up a row. Let each of us silently possess his own soul and envelope whatever is brightest and best in it and give the product to the world when we can, and as we can, after moulding it to the fairest shape possible. There is little enough true work being done, and it is a shame that those who have a portion [sic] of ? gift to do it should waste their...

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Contributor: 
Queen's University
Collection/Fonds: 

Lorne and Edith Pierce collection

Box: 
9
File: 
3
Call No.: 
2001.1

Subject

Subject: 
Campbell, Wilfred, 1858?-1918

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Rights: 
Copyright: public domain. Queen's University owns the rights to the archival copy of the digital image in TIFF format.
Contributing Institution: 
Queen's University Archives

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Language: 
eng
Identifier: 
CP00786
Type: 
image
Format: 
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Case Study

  • 'Lover of Empire: William Wilfred Campbell'

Creator

  • Lampman, Archibald, 1861-1899

Era

  • 1918-1980

Subject

  • Campbell, Wilfred, 1858?-1918

Contributing Institution

  • Queen's University Archives

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  • Lorne and Edith Pierce collection

Material Type

  • letter (handwritten)

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