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Dear Dr. Locke, I\'ve agreed to

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loan the Fang to a
traveling exhibition

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that will go to London,

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Brussels, and possibly Zurich.

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Now that your book is finished,

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I thought you wouldn\'t
mind letting him go.

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Finally, this morning we
captured the big idol from

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[inaudible] My Senegalese boys

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were courageous and efficient.

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The whole shrine was
smashed in seconds.

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This new idol is quite good.

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The hair and parts of the
body are all decorated with

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brass upholstery text that

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are considered to
like jewelry here.

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I\'m still searching
for clear evidence

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of cannibalism but I

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hadn\'t been able to see any.

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The natives are very canny
and hide everything.

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I just can\'t get the arms right.

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No, it\'s the hands.

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Damn hands are all wrong.

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Straight lines, it\'s
about straight lines.

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I\'ll never get this
complicated African shit.

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What are you looking at?

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You stupid fetish.

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My dear [inaudible]
my African Kinship Study

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led me to my Fang ancestry,

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which I bought because
it spoke volumes to me

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about the basic human
kinship that unites us all.

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The de Man Ray photograph
my ancestor statue,

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I felt we had entered a new
age founded on understanding.

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Now that future is fading.

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My manuscript will never
be published here, worse,

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the authorities are
now attempting to

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confiscate it and my African art.

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I cannot go into details
but I have taken

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drastic action to save it
and I will need your help.

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My dear daughter
leaves for Zurich

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tonight and will contact
you once she arrives.

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Dear Dr. Locke,

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I\'ve just inherited an
unusual African sculpture

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that I\'d like to learn about.

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I\'m told you once
studied this piece

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which is both beautiful
and disturbing.

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I\'d be grateful for any
information you can supply.

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Dear Dr. Locke, thank you
for your swift reply.

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I\'ve learned a great deal from

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my visit to the art museum.

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The curator confirms
your suspicion that I

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have only the top half of
what was once a full figure.

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Dear Dr, Locke, today
my search ended

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happily when I received

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the most amazing and
ridiculous object.

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Dear Dr. Locke, my wonderful Fang

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is now a fine standing man.

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I\'m delighted to have him
illustrate it in your book.

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A toast to our guest of honor,

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the eminent professor Alain
Locke who demonstrates

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how Negro artistic
creativity will

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be the solution to the
race problem in America.

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Thank you kind hostess
and dear friends.

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Nothing is more galvanizing

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than the sense of
a cultural past.

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I\'ve agreed to loan the Fang to

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a traveling exhibition
that will go to London,

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Brussels, and possibly Zurich.

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Now that your book is finished,

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I thought you wouldn\'t
mind letting him go.

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So many people will have a
chance to see him in Europe

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before he comes back to his
final home in the art museum.