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I have to admit to curiousity here: Why would an agent want to avoid sharing a list of clients?

And also, in some cases, the clients themselves have requested confidentiality. (Some of them are not in a position where they are comfortable being approached by writers who are seeking agents and happen to be aware of their affiliation. It can be potentially awkward, I understand.)

I wonder what they'd make of this one:

"We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible for us to publish any work of lower standard. And as it is unthinkable that in the next thousand years we shall see its equal, we are, to our regret, compelled to return your divine composition, and to beg you a thousand times to overlook our short sight and timidity." (a rejection from a Chinese economic journal)

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