Three modern seers / by Mrs. Havelock Ellis.

  • Ellis, Havelock, Mrs., 1861-1916.
Date:
[1910], ©1910
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Credit: Three modern seers / by Mrs. Havelock Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    record of his religious doubts. The time had arrived when he felt he must cast off the orthodox views he had gained from others and search for truth for himself, and not only for himself, but to reassure the woman he loved. We have a glimpse into the double agony he went through when he felt he must renounce every cherished belief. He knew, young as he was, that no good woman can really dedicate herself except to a dedicated man. He began even in his youth to realise—what it takes some of us nearly all our lives to grasp—that neither comfort, money, fame, nor even love itself can satisfy any life which is not first dedi- cated to truth and the service of others. The tension of Hinton’s mind about re- ligion was relieved by a journey to Jamaica in 1847, as medical officer in an emigrant ship. During a year’s absence we find in his letters to his future wife that things were opening out for him. On his return he became engaged to Margaret Haddon, and