Gerard Manley Hopkins Quote

I am surprised you should say fancy and aesthetic tastes have led me to my present state of mind: these would be better satisfied in the Church of England, for bad taste is always meeting one in the accessories of Catholicism.


Letter to his father, Manley Hopkins (October 16, 1866) - Letters, etc


I am surprised you should say fancy and aesthetic tastes have led me to my present state of mind: these would be better satisfied in the Church of...

I am surprised you should say fancy and aesthetic tastes have led me to my present state of mind: these would be better satisfied in the Church of...

I am surprised you should say fancy and aesthetic tastes have led me to my present state of mind: these would be better satisfied in the Church of...

I am surprised you should say fancy and aesthetic tastes have led me to my present state of mind: these would be better satisfied in the Church of...