Father Damien, an Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu

Father Damien, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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Title: Father Damien an Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
Release Date: February 28, 2007 Language: English
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Transcribed from the 1914 Chatto & Windus edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
FATHER DAMIEN AN OPEN LETTER TO THE REVEREND DOCTOR HYDE OF HONOLULU FROM ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
1914
LONDON CHATTO
& WINDUS
A new impression All rights reserved SYDNEY , February 25, 1890. Sir,—It may probably occur to you that we have met, and visited, and conversed; on my side, with interest. You may remember that you have done me several courtesies, for which I was prepared to be grateful. But there are duties which come before gratitude, and offences which justly divide friends, far more acquaintances. Your letter to the Reverend H. B. Gage is a document which, in my sight, if you had filled me with bread when I was starving, if you had sat up to nurse my father when he lay a-dying, would yet absolve me from the bonds of gratitude. You know enough, ...