Item 135 - Postcard from E. M. Forster to R. C. Trevelyan

Extended ironical treatment of the descendants of Adam, with Biblical references, suggesting that 'Methusaleh, rather than Adam, is the source of original sin' and that he 'corrupt[ed] his great grandson amid the stacks of golden wood'. Did not know about Trevelyan's ark, and asks where he can read the legend: has just come across it in "The King of Uruk", a story in Frederick [sic] Manning's "Scenes and Portraits" [likely to be a reference to the Gilgamesh legend]. The card will go in an envelope 'for several reasons'.