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SHOREY, PAUL, 1857-1934; [UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO].

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SHOREY, PAUL, 1857-1934; [UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO].
A single-sheet TLS to Edward M. Chapman, on University of Chicago letterhead, January 21, 1929. Shorey thanks Chapman for his letter and the book sent, probably Chapman's A Modernist and His Creed (which touches on questions of sex and the phallic): "Owing to differences in our education and environment I do not personally feel quite so strongly as you seem to do the need to sublimate and allegorize all the symbolisms of our historical religion." 5 5/16in. x 8 5/16in. Condition: Two vertical folds, hole punches, toning/discoloring. PLEASE NOTE: 20TH CENTURY DOCUMENTS CAN HAVE VARIED TONING FROM AGE; IMAGES MAY APPEAR LIGHTER ON DIFFERENT SCREENS. EDWARD MORTIMER CHAPMAN (1862-1952) was a Connecticut pastor, academic, and author. He graduated from Yale Divinity School in 1890. Chapman was a descendant of Robert Chapman, one of the first settlers of Saybrook, Connecticut (c. 1635). He served as pastor of Old Lyme Church from 1906 to 1915. Chapman€™s works integrated his wide-ranging theological, literary, and historical interests. This lot and the other Chapman-related documents offered in this sale were part of a collection of his family papers.