"Climbing Table Mountain, silence is golden, don't talk about personal, love you for loving Shippard" Read the full letter
| Letter Reference | Karl Pearson 840/4/3/161 |
| Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | November 1886 |
| Address From | 9 Blandford Square, Paddington, London |
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| Who To | Karl Pearson |
| Other Versions | Rive 1987: 115 |
| Permissions | Please read before using or citing this transcription |
| 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 month and year have been written on this short letter in an unknown hand. It is archived together with a letter from Elisabeth Cobb to Pearson and an attached envelope with a postmark of 11 November 1886. Schreiner was resident in Blandford Square from early October to late December 1886, when she left England for Europe.
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The gentlest impulse in your heart to Mrs Cobb is the manliest. Follow
2it. I will not write again. Work. I will work.
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4 Shall open & read no letter sent.
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2it. I will not write again. Work. I will work.
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4 Shall open & read no letter sent.
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Notation
Rive's (1987) version of this short letter has been misdated.
Rive's (1987) version of this short letter has been misdated.