Accession: L14724
Editorial Title: Mary Baker Eddy to George B. Day, August 17, 1886
Author: Mary Baker Eddy 
Recipient: George B. Day 
Date: August 17, 1886
Manuscript Description: Handwritten by Mary Baker Eddy on lined Massachusetts Metaphysical College stationery.
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BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 17. 1886
My dear brother Day

Your favorEditorial Note: See 060A.17.007. at hand I was glad you named it (the School in ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois) a College or University since those "who rush where angels" wait"Editorial Note: This is a variation on the proverb, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” had dubbed their spurious efforts with high-soundingAs Written:high sounding names

Here again is the necessity that has attended the introduction of Christian Science to public notice namely that of two evils to chooseAs Written:chose the least never to have the footsteps taken just as and when they should be. Those who teach in Universities Christian Science should be graduates of the Mass. Met. Col. but as yet no student has taken the full Course at the College

However, Schools must be opened from the right source, and you must decide for yourselves their names and modus operandi Leaving all this to your able adjustment I am

Most truly Yours in Christ
M B G Eddy
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BostonEditorial Note: Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 17. 1886
My dear brother Day

Your favorEditorial Note: See 060A.17.007. at hand I was glad you named it (the School in ChicagoEditorial Note: Chicago, Illinois) a College or University since those "who rush where angels" wait"Editorial Note: This is a variation on the proverb, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” had dubbed their spurious efforts with high soundingCorrected:high-sounding names

Here again is the necessity that has attended the introduction of Christian Science to public notice namely [?] Unclear or illegible that of two evils to choseCorrected:choose the least never to have the footsteps taken just as and when they should be. Those who teach in Universities Christian Science should be graduates of the Mass. Met. Col. but as yet no student has taken the full Course at the College

However, Schools must be opened from the right source, and you must decide for yourselves their names and modus operandi Leaving all this to your able adjustment I am

Most truly Yours in Christ
M B G Eddy
 
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Boston, Massachusetts See 060A.17.007. Chicago, Illinois This is a variation on the proverb, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.”