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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>''Spooks Who Wear Clothes'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the [[Daily Express]] on 2 november 1917.<br />
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== Spooks Who Wear Clothes ==<br />
[[File:DExp-1917-11-02-p3-why-spooks-wear-clothes.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Daily Express]] (2 november 1917, p. 3)]]<br />
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'''THE NAKED TRUTH FROM SIR A. CONAN DOYLE.'''<br />
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[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] writes as follows to the "[[Daily Express]]" with reference to the interesting problem raised by a correspondent who wanted to know why spirits wore clothes<br />
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<span class="q">To the Editor ot the "Daily Express":—</span><br />
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<span class="q">Sir, — In reply to your correspondent's question, the reason why spirits wear robes is that modesty does not cease with this life. Has it ever been the custom for any of the Churches to describe the angels as nude?</span><br />
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<span class="q">ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE.<br /><br />
Crowborough, Sussex, Oct. 31.</span><br />
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