Alfred Farlow to Mary Baker Eddy, November 22, 1906

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006EP2.06.020

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Alfred Farlow

Recipient:

Mary Baker Eddy

Annotator:

Mary Baker Eddy

Date:

November 22, 1906

Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Alfred Farlow on his unlined personalized stationery from Boston, Massachusetts. The envelope for this letter is included.

Archival Note: There is a short note in Mary Baker Eddy's handwriting on the envelope. See original.

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BOSTON- MASS-
Nov. 22, 1906.

Dear Teacher;

I have just read your superb letterEditorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy's letter was published in the November 22, 1906, issue of the New York American and then reprinted in the December 1, 1906 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel and The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, with some edits. The letter had been responding to a two-part article published in the New York World, "How Rev. Wiggin rewrote Mrs. Eddy's Book." Alfred Farlow had subsequently published a corrective in the New York American, indicating that Eddy had hired James Henry Wiggin to correct her diction, which Eddy did not feel was accurate. in today's N. Y. AmericanEditorial Note: New York American and hasten to express my hearty appreciation of it and to tell you how sorry I am that I committed you erroneouslyAs Written:erroniously. It is very humiliating to be a corrector As Written: correcter and yet in need of public correction but I do not mind the ordeal of being corrected. It only troubles me that I gave out a wrong impression.

The affair may reflect on my reputation for being able to state facts about our beloved Leader but that is more than compensated by the fact that this letter emphatically shows who is conducting the Christian Science church. "It is an ill wind that blows nobodyAs Written:no body good" My error was your opportunityAs Written:oportunity. Your letter reveals your extraordinary memory, your keen grasp on the past and present and your ability to do things.

If there is anythingAs Written:any thing you would have me do publicly or privately in regard to this matter please let me know.

With unbounded gratitude for all your good help I am
Your loving student

Alfred Farlow.

Reverend Mary Baker Eddy

Pleasant View

Concord

N. H.

BOSTON MASS.
NOV 22 1906

⇉ Handshift:Mary Baker EddyOn my article as to his misstatement of Bro Wiggin
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BOSTON- MASS-
Nov. 22, 1906.

Dear Teacher;

I have just read your superb letterEditorial Note: Mary Baker Eddy's letter was published in the November 22, 1906, issue of the New York American and then reprinted in the December 1, 1906 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel and The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, with some edits. The letter had been responding to a two-part article published in the New York World, "How Rev. Wiggin rewrote Mrs. Eddy's Book." Alfred Farlow had subsequently published a corrective in the New York American, indicating that Eddy had hired James Henry Wiggin to correct her diction, which Eddy did not feel was accurate. in today's N. Y. AmericanEditorial Note: New York American and hasten to express my hearty appreciation of it and to tell you how sorry I am that I committed you erroniouslyCorrected:erroneously. It is very humiliating to be a correcter Corrected: corrector and yet in need of public correction but I do not mind the ordeal of being corrected. It only troubles me that I gave out a wrong impression.

The affair may reflect on my reputation for being able to state facts about our beloved Leader but that is more than compensated by the fact that this letter emphatically shows who is conducting the Christian Science church. "It is an ill wind that blows no bodyCorrected:nobody good" My error was your oportunityCorrected:opportunity. Your letter reveals your extraordinary memory, your keen grasp on the past and present and your ability to do things.

If there is any thingCorrected:anything you would have me do publicly or privately in regard to this matter please let me know.

With unbounded gratitude for all your good help I am
Your loving student

Alfred Farlow.

Reverend Mary Baker Eddy

Pleasant View

Concord

N. H.

BOSTON MASS.
NOV 22 1906

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Mary Baker Eddy's letter was published in the November 22, 1906, issue of the New York American and then reprinted in the December 1, 1906 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel and The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, with some edits. The letter had been responding to a two-part article published in the New York World, "How Rev. Wiggin rewrote Mrs. Eddy's Book." Alfred Farlow had subsequently published a corrective in the New York American, indicating that Eddy had hired James Henry Wiggin to correct her diction, which Eddy did not feel was accurate. New York American A horizontal line has been drawn here. A horizontal line has been drawn here.