E. M. Forster Quote

I went to our Theological College lately, Westcott House, and we had a sort of chat. He told me that without him it was impossible to understand the universe, and I came away having forgotten to reply that it did not occur to me to try to understand the universe. I must not run on like this so. Or rather what I mean is I have just finished the biography of my great aunt. Undersanding, or partially understanding, her has been quite a large enough job.


Letter 411, to Lionel Trilling, 1 August 1955 - Selected Letters (1985)


I went to our Theological College lately, Westcott House, and we had a sort of chat. He told me that without him it was impossible to understand the...

I went to our Theological College lately, Westcott House, and we had a sort of chat. He told me that without him it was impossible to understand the...

I went to our Theological College lately, Westcott House, and we had a sort of chat. He told me that without him it was impossible to understand the...

I went to our Theological College lately, Westcott House, and we had a sort of chat. He told me that without him it was impossible to understand the...