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Dear Mary, There is a 1935 paperback copy of the Maurois, towards the right hand end of shelf 5 in case E at City University. If you decide to visit, give the main desk a call on 02 070 404061. Best regards, John On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Andrew Lycett <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > This set me to checking where Maurois wrote this. > > It appears to have been in a collection published in 1935 called Magiciens > et Logiciens (or, rather less promisingly in English, Prophets and Poets). > However I don't have a copy to confirm this. > > The phrase doesn't appear to be in Lancelyn Green's Rudyard Kipling: The > Critical Heritage, which reprints Maurois' address to 'an audience of over > 150' [!] at the Kipling Society in April 1934. > > It also reminds us that Maurois (a pseudonym for Emile Herzog) was a Vice > President of the Kipling Society. > > best > > Andrew > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Hamer" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]**UK <[log in to unmask]>> > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 12:49 PM > Subject: who said this? > > > Can anyone help? >> >> I read somewhere the view that RK's work had such power because 'he had >> always remained in contact with the deepest levels of the human spirit', or >> words to that effect. >> >> I seem to remember that it was Andre Chevrillon - does it ring any bells? >> >> Best wishes >> >> Mary Hamer >> >