I have another thought for the intersection of bankers and culture…I wonder whether you, perhaps with one or two colleagues, might like to visit us for tea-and-tour one day soon. We are engaged in expanding and improving the fabric of the Library for future generations…You may like to be associated with this particular contribution to our culture—or may not—but either way it would be pleasant to see you and show you round. When the donations came in, he wrote again, by hand: “What a joy to be in the position of writing to you in such circumstances!…Your magnificent gift means so much to all of
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