T. E. Lawrence Correspondence – Page 306

LH 7/13/42 To H. W. ...son 10.711.20 Dear H.W. I'd like to see the R A F show on Saturday?, but probably it will not come off. I can't get away & I'll work instead. Your car wouldn't be quick enough to get me there & back. Noon Sat. to midnight Sunday is special permission, & the seeking that misses in my throat. I'd see it, you see, surely. If you see Sassoon to speak to, tell him that his book(novel) pleased me; but I'd lose it all for his worst poem. "All Quiet" is the screaming of a feeble man. It will not last as long as Tarr, except as a document. Do not distress yourself about "Lasting"; not even our bones do that, except momentarily. I think that to last is only to be in doubt longer. Will try & reach Georgeham on July 28, if you'll be there. Yours T.S.E. 683