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| Letter Reference | Karl Pearson 840/4/3/151 |
| Archive | University College London Library, Special Collections, UCL, London |
| Epistolary Type | Letter |
| Letter Date | Sunday 12 December 1886 |
| Address From | 9 Blandford Square, Paddington, London |
| Address To | |
| 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 date has been written on this letter in an unknown hand. Schreiner was resident in Blandford Square from early October to late December 1886, when she left England for Europe. The name of the addressee is indicated by content.
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Sunday night
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3 My Man-friend, write to me Find fault with me please if I am doing
4wrong, oh my soul is so little so little. Can’t your larger one for
5a moment put out a hand to me?
6 O.S.
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8 My Man-friend, some day when if your spiritual life is burning low &
9dim I will ^put out my hand & help you if you will help me now.^
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3 My Man-friend, write to me Find fault with me please if I am doing
4wrong, oh my soul is so little so little. Can’t your larger one for
5a moment put out a hand to me?
6 O.S.
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8 My Man-friend, some day when if your spiritual life is burning low &
9dim I will ^put out my hand & help you if you will help me now.^
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Notation
Rive?s (1987) version of this letter is in a number of respects incorrect.
Rive?s (1987) version of this letter is in a number of respects incorrect.