"Everything so dark & mysterious, going to be a great European war" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box5/Fold3/1914/43 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | July 1914 |
| Address From | na |
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| Who To | Unknown |
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| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| Legend |
The Project is grateful to Manuscripts and Archives, University of Cape Town, for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Manuscripts and Archives Collections. No date is written on this note but it has been archived in the July 1914 sequence of letters and thus its dating here. The name of the addressee cannot be established.
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I’m not a great fan of Kings but I believe if down to the last
2moment the King could have stopped the war he would!
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2moment the King could have stopped the war he would!
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Notation
This note is written on the back of a torn brochure or poster which proposes that the German Kaiser will find he has bitten off more than he can chew.
This note is written on the back of a torn brochure or poster which proposes that the German Kaiser will find he has bitten off more than he can chew.