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Letter to Editor
November 24, 1937
The Key West Citizen
Key West, Monroe County, Florida
What is this article about?
C. Grover Flint defends his portrayal of Mary Baker Eddy in response to a Christian Science committee letter, asserting its accuracy based on New England knowledge and personal recollection, and recommends Edwin S. Dakin's biography 'The Biography of a Virginal Mind'. Written from Key West, Florida, on November 23, 1937.
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Editor The Citizen:
I have just read with interest the letter from J. H. Stafford, of the Christian Science Committee on Publication, appearing in Monday's Citizen. His letter is somewhat overdue, for I was expecting a reaction from my piece about Mrs. Eddy soon after I wrote it in New Hampshire last September.
I do not, in the least, begrudge the Committee on Publication an opportunity to argue for Christian Science. But my statement about Mrs. Eddy in my "Toothpick Topics" is accurate. We New Englanders know Mrs. Eddy, and I recall having seen her in her old age.
The best possible source of information about Mrs. Eddy's life, is the book by Edwin S. Dakin, "The Biography of a Virginal Mind" (Charles Scribner's Sons).
Mrs. Eddy was a grown woman when the boys and girls of Bow, New Hampshire, used to congregate outside her fence.
It is not unkind to say of her that she was "very human." Fact and fancy must not be too closely entwined.
C. GROVER FLINT.
Key West Fla., Nov. 23 1937.
EXPLAINS-MATTER
Editor The Citizen:
I have just read with interest the letter from J. H. Stafford, of the Christian Science Committee on Publication, appearing in Monday's Citizen. His letter is somewhat overdue, for I was expecting a reaction from my piece about Mrs. Eddy soon after I wrote it in New Hampshire last September.
I do not, in the least, begrudge the Committee on Publication an opportunity to argue for Christian Science. But my statement about Mrs. Eddy in my "Toothpick Topics" is accurate. We New Englanders know Mrs. Eddy, and I recall having seen her in her old age.
The best possible source of information about Mrs. Eddy's life, is the book by Edwin S. Dakin, "The Biography of a Virginal Mind" (Charles Scribner's Sons).
Mrs. Eddy was a grown woman when the boys and girls of Bow, New Hampshire, used to congregate outside her fence.
It is not unkind to say of her that she was "very human." Fact and fancy must not be too closely entwined.
C. GROVER FLINT.
Key West Fla., Nov. 23 1937.
What sub-type of article is it?
Informative
Persuasive
Historical
What themes does it cover?
Religion
What keywords are associated?
Christian Science
Mrs Eddy
Biography
New Hampshire
C Grover Flint
Edwin S Dakin
Key West
What entities or persons were involved?
C. Grover Flint
Editor The Citizen
Letter to Editor Details
Author
C. Grover Flint
Recipient
Editor The Citizen
Main Argument
the writer's statement about mrs. eddy in 'toothpick topics' is accurate, based on new england knowledge and personal observation; recommends dakin's biography as the best source and emphasizes distinguishing fact from fancy in her human portrayal.
Notable Details
Response To J. H. Stafford's Letter
Personal Recollection Of Seeing Mrs. Eddy In Old Age
Reference To Book: 'The Biography Of A Virginal Mind' By Edwin S. Dakin
Mrs. Eddy's Connection To Bow, New Hampshire