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title: 'How John Murray Spent His Holiday'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2023-12-26
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2023-how-john-murray-spent-his-holiday
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# How John Murray Spent His Holiday

“Here I am alone in the library and apparently everyone has gone from Machen Hall until Friday morning. Now it is 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday. You may think this dismal. Well, I love it. It is a delightful change from the usual stir. I have had two good days in the Library. Monday was taken up with committee meetings, forenoon and afternoon. I hope to be here all day tomorrow. I have not even accepted a dinner engagement for what they call ‘Christmas.’ I hate the whole business.” — [**John Murray**](/authors/john-murray), December 1958 Letter in *Collected Writings*, Vol. 3, p. 120