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1924 · PDF PAGE 12

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

… editor is utterly irresponsible and unscrupulous, devoid of any proper regard for truth, fair play, or public morality. Considering the circumstances in which Mr. Crowley was placed at the time—circumstances — 12 —

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1924 · PDF PAGE 9

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…ork indefinitely suspended and maimed. It was more than ever impossible for him to refute efficiently the lies of the Sunday Express. 7. Circumstances led to my undertaking the task of coping with the desperate position into which Mr. Crowley’s family and dependants were thus suddenly thrown, a task which he himself—penniless, and broken in health—could not then even begin. Thus I obtained first- hand experience of the vile mischief that can be done to innocent and defenceless persons by such abuse of newspaper power as your editor has been gui…

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1924 · PDF PAGE 7

An Open Letter to Lord Beaverbook

…of this sinister author”. Throughout the course of these attacks, and afterwards, Mr. Crowley worked steadily, writing 600,000 words, in circumstances of extreme difficulty and hardship, and completed the first draft of his autobiography in September 1923. It is Mr. Crowley’s magnum opus, and one of the most human and illuminating records ever written. It is that independent statement of positive truth which Newman rightly declared to be the only possible and proper defence against a vast mass of irresponsible and anonymous defamation. It is Mr…

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