More words of respect, admiration, and prayer for Bill and Christopher Buckley:

I am so sorry for your loss. Please accept my deepest condolences. We have never met, yet I can tell you that you, through your life’s work, have had an incalculable influence on my life, ever since I first read Up From Liberalism when I was 14, some 41 years ago. By all accounts, Mrs. Buckley was a wonderful woman, gracious, charitable, funny, witty, and loving; it would have been an honor to have met her. I have every confidence she was greeted, immediately upon her passing, with the words “well done, my good and faithful servant.” Know that you and your son Christopher, and the rest of your family, are in my prayers, and those of many others. Knox Fitzpatrick Dallas, Tex.

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If you would like to send a contribution to one of Mrs. Buckley’s favorite charities, her family suggests Memorial Sloan-Kettering (1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021).