L. A. S., Cairo, February 24, 1935; 4 pages in-8°.
Illness has delayed his work on the Veil of Isis... "Yes, this rising tide of phantasmagoria of all kinds, which goes quite well with the prevailing materialism, reminds us in a rather striking way of the end of the 18th century, and also, it seems to me, of the Roman decadence. It is not exact to say that history repeats itself, because there can never be two identical things; but there are at least similarities, situations that seem to correspond to each other, taking into account the difference of circumstances of time and place. This can also happen at different scales, in a way: analogy of the phases of the great historical cycles and of that of their subdivisions"... He was very interested in the article on dowsing.
Attached is a L. A. S. from Michel DEBRÉ (1970) evoking the memory of the Viscountess of Poix in Luynes.
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