Life is too short a business and friendship too delicate a matter for…

Life is too short a business and friendship too delicate a matter for such tricks—for cutting great gory masses out of 'em by the year at a time.

Henry James

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What turned up: Letter to Robert Louis Stevenson, July 31, 1888; The Letters of Henry James, vol. I (1920), edited by Percy Lubbock; Complete sentence from James’s affectionate complaint about Stevenson’s long absence. Letter heading, date, recipient, and surrounding text checked. Public domain; retains the origina
Work: Letter to Robert Louis Stevenson, July 31, 1888; The Letters of Henry James, vol. I (1920), edited by Percy Lubbock
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026Letter to Robert Louis Stevenson, July 31, 1888; The Letters of Henry James, vol. I (1920), edited by Percy Lubbock; Complete sentence from James’s affectionate complaint about Stevenson’s long absence. Letter heading, date, recipient, and surrounding text checked. Public domain; retains the origina

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