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SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Autograph Note Signed, "GBS," to Alfred Feuer Jr., on a postcard, discussing children and the transmissibility of
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$1,000 - $2,000
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$850
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Description
Description: "GENIUS IN A FAMILY IS A NUISANCE" SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Autograph Note Signed, "GBS," to Alfred Feuer Jr., on a postcard, discussing children and the transmissibility of genius. 1 page, 12mo; slight creasing to lower right corner, addressed in holograph on verso. Welwyn, 11 March 1947
Footnote: "The fathers and sons of geniuses are mostly nobodies. Human stock, like agricultural, needs fallow as well as foison. "Adopted children are always available; and they are the best loved and cared for. "My works are my children. I should be too much occupied with them to look after the commonplace sort properly. "Genius in a family is a nuisance."