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| | The Postman Rings Twice -- Monday, Apr. 14, 1941 -- Page 1 -- TIME |
 | | The other author was Sir Frederick Pollock, a shy, learned Englishman who was one of the greatest authorities on the English common law, author of Principles of Contract, and The Law of Torts. |
 | | First letter (from Pollock to Holmes) is dated 1874; the last (from Holmes to Pollock) is dated 1932. |
 | | Their interest was in philosophy, literature, in the arcana of their craft, in their misfortunes and ailments (once Holmes slipped on a piece of ice, again Pollock was struck by a bicyclist), in Washington heat and London fog, in the wonder that returning spring has for aging men. |
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