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Notes on Books, Children, and Faith
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“Formerly when H. H. dosed me with Sydney Smith I was rather wearied.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Notes on Books, Children, and Faith." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
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Sydney Smith(1771–1845)
Sydney Smith is documented in Fuller’s manuscripts. No work is named in the surviving passages, all in Notes on Books, Children, and Faith, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “analyzed”.
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In Fuller’s words
“Formerly when H. H. dosed me with Sydney Smith I was rather wearied. I thought the vigor of expression far outwent the originality of thought … From fragments I have seen of him lately I think I must have made some great mistake somehow. I must get his sermons and try again.”
When Fuller engaged with Sydney Smith
No datable encounters with Smith, Sydney have been catalogued yet.
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
Documentary evidence
Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.
Undated
Pieces with no legible date. They are part of the record but cannot be placed on the lifeline.