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| Letter Reference | Olive Schreiner BC16/Box8/Fold4/MMPr/AssortedCorres/FredPL/38 |
| Archive | University of Cape Town, Manuscripts & Archives, Cape Town |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | October 1918 |
| Address From | 9 Porchester Place, Edgware Road, Westminster, London |
| Address To | |
| Who To | Frederick (‘Fred’) Pethick-Lawrence |
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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. A typescript only of this letter is available. The transcription here follows this typescript and includes any uncertain dates, ellipses, mistakes and so on.
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9 Porchester Terrace
2 about Oct.1918.
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4 Thanks for sending me that nice note. Is there any special work the
5women are doing now? Are you having any interesting meetings? I am a
6little better again, and might be able to go to some. One loses all
7touch with the outer world lying here. The great outcome of the future
8human race once can see clearly enough, but it will be through seas of
9blood and sorrow that humanity will slowly wake up to the truth. I
10hope I shall see you some day before long. Isn’t there a strange
11"silence over everything?
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2 about Oct.1918.
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4 Thanks for sending me that nice note. Is there any special work the
5women are doing now? Are you having any interesting meetings? I am a
6little better again, and might be able to go to some. One loses all
7touch with the outer world lying here. The great outcome of the future
8human race once can see clearly enough, but it will be through seas of
9blood and sorrow that humanity will slowly wake up to the truth. I
10hope I shall see you some day before long. Isn’t there a strange
11"silence over everything?
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