GE to Charles Bray, London, 19 December 1868
Title
GE to Charles Bray, London, 19 December 1868
Title
GE to Charles Bray, London, 19 December 1868
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Charles Bray
Date(s)
- 1868-12-19
Place
London
Letter Content
GE to Charles Bray, London, 19 December 1868
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 68-69.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 19. 68.
My dear Mr. Bray
I am moved to congratulate you on writing against the Ballot, with such admirably good sense -- having just read your "slip" at the break-fast table.
It has been a source of amazement to me that men acquainted with practical life, can believe in the suppression of Bribery by the Ballot, as if Bribery in all its Protean forms could ever disappear by means of a single external arrangement! They might as well say that our female vanity would disappear at an order that women should wear felt hats and cloth dresses. It seems to me that you have put the main, unanswerable arguments against the Ballot with vigorous brevity.
Yours always sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Charles Bray Esq.
MS: Yale. Published: Cross, III, 68-69.
The Priory, | 21. North Bank, | Regents Park.
December 19. 68.
My dear Mr. Bray
I am moved to congratulate you on writing against the Ballot, with such admirably good sense -- having just read your "slip" at the break-fast table.
It has been a source of amazement to me that men acquainted with practical life, can believe in the suppression of Bribery by the Ballot, as if Bribery in all its Protean forms could ever disappear by means of a single external arrangement! They might as well say that our female vanity would disappear at an order that women should wear felt hats and cloth dresses. It seems to me that you have put the main, unanswerable arguments against the Ballot with vigorous brevity.
Yours always sincerely
M. E. Lewes.
Charles Bray Esq.
Signature
M. E. Lewes.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Charles Bray, London, 19 December 1868, Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/92143