Two short, signed, but interesting letters and one signed note from the art critic, Matthew Stewart Prichard (1865-1936), all three to Florence Strutt (1905-1969), wife of the soldier and mountaineer, Edward Lisle Strutt (1874-1948), the letters, 1924, the note, 1928.
'You would find, I make sure plenary satisfaction of the simpler demands of your nature in the liturgy and hagiology of the Pacific Islanders. The trouble with religion is to find assistance at the other end of our composition. That's what it's all about. I don’t think that you need have been very edified by our conversation. Strangers walk round one another's houses and regard the entrances and the vistas.'
'Accept my thanks for the most pleasant evening provided for us by you on Thursday. It may have amused you to find that it was the priest who was the scientist and the layman who leant towards metaphysics. Perhaps that accounts for their respective occupation!.'
Two short, signed, but interesting letters and one signed note from the art critic, Matthew Stewart Prichard (1865-1936), all three to Florence Strutt (1905-1969), wife of the soldier and mountaineer, Edward Lisle Strutt (1874-1948), the letters, 1924, the note, 1928.
'You would find, I make sure plenary satisfaction of the simpler demands of your nature in the liturgy and hagiology of the Pacific Islanders. The trouble with religion is to find assistance at the other end of our composition. That's what it's all about. I don’t think that you need have been very edified by our conversation. Strangers walk round one another's houses and regard the entrances and the vistas.'
'Accept my thanks for the most pleasant evening provided for us by you on Thursday. It may have amused you to find that it was the priest who was the scientist and the layman who leant towards metaphysics. Perhaps that accounts for their respective occupation!.'
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