WCP2610

Letter (WCP2610.2500)

[1]1

ST. VALERY

FINCHLEY ROAD

HAMPSTEAD

N. W.

Oct[ober]. 28. 1895

My dear Sir

I am too grateful for any adverse criticism to be inclined to lambast it. But I think you are hardly fair to me when you say [2] that my system is not scientific. I claim at least this, that I build up my belief on facts & nothing but facts, facts of the constitution of our own known[?] human creatures & the faculties which are never in [3]2 dispute.

It w[oul]d be foolish for me to follow you into the region of spiritualism, but I will clearly[?] read Mr. George Redway's3 work when it comes out. Perhaps you will be so very kind as to let me know the exact title of it, when settled. [4] I don't think trust in God causes[?] argument[?]. But it is a step towards it to lessen intellectual & moral difficulties.

Very gratefully Y[ou]rs | Charles Voysey4 [signature]

1
Page numbered 299 in pencil in top RH corner.
2
Page numbered 300 in pencil in top RH corner.
3
Redway, George William (1859-1934). London publisher of Psychic literature, including Alfred Russel Wallace (1896) On Miracles and Modern Spiritualism (Revised Edition), to which the author Voysey may be alluding.
4
British Museum stamp underneath.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2610.2500)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP2610,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2610