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“You cannot change ancestral feelings of right and wrong without what is practically soul-murder”

Posted on March 25, 2024 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 8, 2755.] To Adelaide Boodle [Colvin 1911, 4, pp. 323-6] Vailima, July 14, 1894 My dear Adelaide, […] … Continue reading →

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“Wherever we are it is but a stage on the way to somewhere else”

Posted on May 14, 2022 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Colvin; for full, correct and critical edition of this letter see Mehew 7, 2447.] To Adelaide Boodle (continued) [Colvin 1912, pp. 287-91] [Vailima Plantation, Samoan Islands, August 14th, 1892] Here … Continue reading →

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“We are the cranks of a huge machine – I do believe – of righteousness”

Posted on November 14, 2020 by mafalda

This next letter was written at sea on an expedition to Sydney at the beginning of 1891. Only some paragraphs of it were printed by Colvin, the rest consisting, as he said, “of a sermon or vehement remonstrance against certain … Continue reading →

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“It is in such a world, that I am very glad to fight out my battle, and see some fine sunsets”

Posted on January 5, 2019 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 2051.] To Adelaide Boodle [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 65-66] Address, c/o Messrs. Scribner’s Sons, 743 Broadway, … Continue reading →

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“The place does not suit her – it is my private opinion that no place does”

Posted on July 21, 2018 by mafalda

Miss Adelaide Ann Boodle (1858-1934), the lady at Bournemouth, had been trusted to keep an eye on RLS’s interests in connection with his house (Skerryvore Cottage), which had been let, and other matters, and to report thereon from time to … Continue reading →

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