| Evidence: | 'They could no more accept it than they or any other powerful nation had ever accepted the teaching of his Master and Friend - for "to take him seriously", as H.G. Wells wrote of "this Galilean" in "The Outline of History", "was to enter upon a strange and alarming life, to abandon habits, to control instincts and impulses, to essay an incredible happiness...."' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | From: 1 Jan 1919 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Herbert George Wells |
| Title: | The Outline of History |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1919 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 28095 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 170 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 170, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28095, accessed: 05 December 2023 | |
| Vera Brittain was referring to Dick Sheppard at the beginning of this quotation. She felt that most people in Britain were unable to accept his pacifist views. |
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