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Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner: Hermann Kallenbach MSC 26/2.3.2 |
Archive | National Library of South Africa, Special Collections, Cape Town |
Epistolary Type | Letter |
Letter Date | Saturday 15 August 1914 |
Address From | 30 St Mary Abbotts Terrace, Kensington, London |
Address To | |
Who To | Mohandas Gandhi |
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The Project is grateful to the National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand.
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Telephone
23350
33300Western
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5 30 St Mary Abbott's Terrace
6 Kensington
7 London W.
8 Saturday
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10 My dear Mr Ghandi,
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12 I have at last got your address from the Steamship's Company. I want
13so much to see you. Could you & Mr Calenbach perhaps come & see me
14here, or could I meet you anywhere.
15
16I was struck to the heart this morning with sorrow to see that you, &
17that beautiful & beloved Indian poetess whom I met in London some
18months ago & other Indian friends had offered to serve this the
19English Government in this evil war in any way they might demand of
20you. Surely you, who would not take up arms even in the cause of your
21own oppressed people cannot be willing to shed blood in this wicked
22cause. I had longed to meet you & Mr Calenbach as friends who would
23understand my hatred of y it. I don't believe the statement in the
24paper can be true.
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26 Yours very sincerely,
27 Olive Schreiner
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23350
33300Western
4
5 30 St Mary Abbott's Terrace
6 Kensington
7 London W.
8 Saturday
9
10 My dear Mr Ghandi,
11
12 I have at last got your address from the Steamship's Company. I want
13so much to see you. Could you & Mr Calenbach perhaps come & see me
14here, or could I meet you anywhere.
15
16I was struck to the heart this morning with sorrow to see that you, &
17that beautiful & beloved Indian poetess whom I met in London some
18months ago & other Indian friends had offered to serve this the
19English Government in this evil war in any way they might demand of
20you. Surely you, who would not take up arms even in the cause of your
21own oppressed people cannot be willing to shed blood in this wicked
22cause. I had longed to meet you & Mr Calenbach as friends who would
23understand my hatred of y it. I don't believe the statement in the
24paper can be true.
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26 Yours very sincerely,
27 Olive Schreiner
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