| Description | Letter with envelope from William Morris, Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith
to
JW Browne, 34 Norland Square, Notting Hill
Thanks him for donation of £5. Feels that [Charles Joseph] Faulkner spoke injudiciously but that at Oxford no sincere revolutionist could escape hot water. Agrees that 'softly softly catch monkey' is the wise course but fears that prudent reserve and courageous enthusiasm are seldom combined in one person. Feels that more study and contact with workers make one disinclined to fix a date or hurry matters as the march of events is the thing which will help in the long run. The aim of preaching must be not to create revolutionaries but to educate men driven to revolutionary ideas to the right aims. Assumes Browne will join the [Socialist] League and sends forms; expects him to do some speaking and writing. Asks if he has attended [Edward] Aveling's 'lessons', held on Thursday at 8:30 at South Place Chapel, and recommends them on all grounds |