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It is a purely relative matter where one draws the plimsoll-line of condemnation, and... if you find the whole of humanity falls below it you have simply made a mistake and drawn it too high. And are probably below it yourself.

Frances Partridge

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Frances Partridge

Frances Partridge

Born: March 15, 1900
Died: February 5, 2004 (aged 103)
Bio: Frances Catherine Partridge was an English writer. A long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group, she is probably best known for the publication of her diaries. She married Ralph Partridge in 1933. The couple had one son, Burgo Partridge.
Known for:
  1. Love in Bloomsbury (1981)
  2. A pacifist's war (1978)
  3. Diaries of Frances Partridge, 1939-1972 (2000)
  4. Life Regained Diaries 1970-1972 (1998)
  5. Everything to lose (1985)

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