ALs to Rev. R. H. Davies
Charles Dickens
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Physical Description: [2] pages
Transcription:
Tavistock House
Christmas Eve, 1856.
My Dear Sir
I beg to thank you for your very acceptable letter - not the less gratifying to me, because I am myself the writer of "The Wreck" in the Christmas Number to which you refer.
There cannot be many men, I believe, who have a more humble veneration for the New Testament or a more profound conviction of its all-sufficiency that I have. If I am ever (as you tell me I am) mistaken on this subject, it is because I discountenance all obtrusive profession of, and tradings in, Religion, as one of the main causes of real Christianity’s having been retarded in this world; and because my observation of life induces me to hold in unspeakable dread and horror, those unseemly squabbles about the Letter, which drive the Spirit out of hundreds of thousands.
Faithfully Yours
Charles Dickens
MssDate: Christmas Eve, 1856
Media Type: Letters
Source: Rare Book Department
Recipient: Davies, Rev. Robert Henry, 1821-1908
Provenance: Sotheby July 19-20, 1976 lot 422 thru Maggs, Gratz
Bibliography:
The Letters of Charles Dickens, Pilgrim Edition, Volume Eight, 1856-1858, p. 244.
Country: Creation Place Note:Tavistock House
Country:England
City/Town/Township:London
Call Number: DL D288 1856-12-24
Creator Name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 - Author
ALs to Rev. R. H. Davies
ALs to Rev. R.H. Davies