The Wodrow-Kenrick Correspondence, 1750–1810
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Friends corresponding during the age of Enlightenment, Revolution and Romanticism: Rev. James Wodrow in Ayrshire, and Samuel Kenrick, a Dissenting banker in Worcestershire
Fabulous Scottish version of the butterfly effect:
'A midge’s wing may be the mother of mischief'.
Wodrow to Kenrick, 14 May 1796.
'A midge’s wing may be the mother of mischief'.
Wodrow to Kenrick, 14 May 1796.
January 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Fabulous Scottish version of the butterfly effect:
'A midge’s wing may be the mother of mischief'.
Wodrow to Kenrick, 14 May 1796.
'A midge’s wing may be the mother of mischief'.
Wodrow to Kenrick, 14 May 1796.
Publication day!!!
December 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Publication day!!!
Wodrow, 29 April 1791: 'The Dr. [Priestley] ... does not sufficiently respect the Prejudices of Mankind i.e. the prejudices of Education & the influence of custom habit &c which are a part & an innocent & useful part of human nature as the ground of order & submission to Government …
November 22, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Wodrow, 29 April 1791: 'The Dr. [Priestley] ... does not sufficiently respect the Prejudices of Mankind i.e. the prejudices of Education & the influence of custom habit &c which are a part & an innocent & useful part of human nature as the ground of order & submission to Government …
'As to the French Revolution– it was to me in its outset miraculous & incomprehensible, from my utter ignorance of the causes wch produced those wonderful events. I therefore gazed at it with the astonishment mixed with terror …
November 15, 2024 at 9:33 AM
'As to the French Revolution– it was to me in its outset miraculous & incomprehensible, from my utter ignorance of the causes wch produced those wonderful events. I therefore gazed at it with the astonishment mixed with terror …