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Prof. Wincenty Lutoslawski Jagiellońska 7 m. 2, WILNO, Poland

Dear Sir, as I have very much enjoyed your Prester John, and later Mr. Standfast, and as I have admired also your incomparable History of the War, I have no doubt that though extremely busy you may find 5 minutes time to answer a question which is of great importance to me. I have after 40 years of study published a book on Pre-existence and Re-incarnation (Allen and Unwin 1928) being myself fully convinced that I have lived many times. Now I imagine that the experience of the war was a very exceptional opportunity for reminiscence. Could you tell me whether among the great soldiers of the War you know

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any who have manifested their conviction of having lived before? Among poets and novelists there are many - perhaps the bed knows Jack Coridon, Kipling, River Haggard, Lateastio Hearn. But often they speak very vaguely. I expect soldiers to be more precise and should like to quote some such testimonies in the forthcoming 2d edition of my book: Can you help me?

Yours sincerely W. Lutoslawski