I assumed the "learned" man is Pound himself.
  -Grace Davis

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> Dear eminent Poundians,
>     In "Affirmations, Gaudier-Brzeska," New Age (Feb. 4, 1915), Pound wrote:
>  "Take, if you likie, four typical vorticists: there is Brzeska, and another
> man digging about in recondite early woodcuts or in studies of Chinese
> painting, and another man mad about Korin, and another man whom even The
> Spectator has referred to as 'learned.'"
> Could you help me identify who is who, and the specific references of The
> Spectator, (i.e., the date, the issue number, and the title of the article,
> and even the subject), if you know?
>     I am also curious to know if anyone has worked on the issue of class,
> not the already well-noted issue of race though, in Ezra Pound's writings
> and speeches?  Any opinions on either or both questions will be highly
> appreciated.  Best,
>
> Louis Lin