This 1912 limited edition of the comedy She Stoops To Conquer includes Oliver Goldsmith’s cheekily humble note to Samuel Johnson.

“Dear Sir- By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself…”

WIkiSource has a 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article about the play and a link to the more recent Wikipedia piece; the full text can be found at Project Gutenberg and elsewhere.

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