En Lin Wei wrote: "Mr. Surette says that it is innacurate to argue that Pound's anti-semitism stemmed from one negative encounter with a potential sponsor who was Jewish. I don't think I was arguing that. Pound himself describes the incident in his letter, and he apparently attaches some importance to it. My only claim is that this is just one early illustration of the larger pattern. I don't think Mr. Surette is denying this pattern. I think he agrees with me that Pound's antisemitism was ingrained and was a sort of illness." I do deny the pattern articulated by Casillo and En Lin Wei. Pound's anti-Semitism was the product of his political engagement and not the cause of it. I don't think this position excuses him in any way, but it is a serious error, in my view, to regard the behaviour of any individual as determined by some single factor that is present in their psyche from birth or early childhood. I recognize that Freudians and behaviourists alike are committed t othe latter view, and racists to the former. I am unfriendly to both ranges of opionion. Leon Surette English Dept. University of Western Ontario London, Ont. N6A 3K7