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| Letter Reference | Karl Pearson 840/4/1/1-2 |
| Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Wednesday 30 June 1885 |
| Address From | 41 Upper Baker Street, Westminster, London |
| Address To | 2 Harcourt Buildings, Temple, London |
| Who To | Karl Pearson |
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| Legend |
The Project is grateful to University College London (UCL) and its Library Services for kindly allowing us to transcribe this Olive Schreiner letter, which is part of its Special Collections. The date of this letter has been derived from the postmark on an attached envelope, and the address it was sent to is on its front.
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41 Upper Baker St
2 Wednesday
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4 My dear Mr Pearson
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6 If possible I shall be there on the 9th. My life is such a whirl, (Did
7you ever try for a little while to slip between surfaces with out
8piercing them?) that I am not sure I shall have time for the paper. If
9you can wait a day or two till I am settled in my new quarters I will
10write & let you know. But if there is any other woman you think would
11do it well, you had best write to her. If I did write I should write
12quite frankly. More & more I see clearly that in our minds, & in our
13intercourse with our fellow men there should be no corner of which we
14say, "Here the light of day must not come."
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16 Yours very sincerely
17 Olive Schreiner
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2 Wednesday
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4 My dear Mr Pearson
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6 If possible I shall be there on the 9th. My life is such a whirl, (Did
7you ever try for a little while to slip between surfaces with out
8piercing them?) that I am not sure I shall have time for the paper. If
9you can wait a day or two till I am settled in my new quarters I will
10write & let you know. But if there is any other woman you think would
11do it well, you had best write to her. If I did write I should write
12quite frankly. More & more I see clearly that in our minds, & in our
13intercourse with our fellow men there should be no corner of which we
14say, "Here the light of day must not come."
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16 Yours very sincerely
17 Olive Schreiner
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