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Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1920-1921

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Title Darrow, Clarence to Mary Field Parton, Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow correspondence, 1920-1921

Creator Parton, Mary Field

Date 1920-1921

Language English

Subjects Lawyers, Legal assistance to the poor, Orators, Practice of law

Description Material relating to the friendship between Clarence Darrow and journalist Mary Field Parton, which includes sixty-one of his letters to her, several other letters, short articles by Darrow, clippings, and photographs. Included are numerous transcripts of Darrow's letters, a biographical sketch of Parton, and excerpts from her journal that refer to Darrow, all done by Parton's daughter Margaret Parton (Hussey).

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User-Contributed Transcription letterhead 140 North Dearborn Street Chicagoand me. I dont know that the best thing for Margaret might be to send her to a Convent and fix a delusion that she would carry to the end. The truth is that man is notstrong enough to look facts in the face. It is meant that we see as through a glass darkly. Once open ones eyes on the horrors of sentient things & we are stricken dumb.Honestly I dont believe that the best & wisest can have children at least not many and if so the children will have none any how the intelligent ones peter out andleave the world to be kept alive, by those who have sex organs and no brains. The brain was the last thing constructed as evolved and must have been made to keepman from ?. It is like the tower of Babel it would have reached the skies if only the fools were not stricken with a diversity of speech. Last night I talked aboutF��bre to a church bunch and in referring to instinct I said Imagine a bunch of bees automatically making a hive & loading it with honey and in the midst of this imagine themendowed with reason how could they build the hive. Any how I wish I was a lady before they had to vote.

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Transcription Note This document was transcribed by volunteers as part of the Newberry Transcribe crowdsourcing initiative.

Archival Collection Title Mary Field Parton-Clarence Darrow papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Parton Box 1 Folder 8

BibID 991840698805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 3740px × 4726px 101.18 MB

File Created 10/28/2020

Filename 991840698805867_midwest_ms_parton_box_001_fl_008_005_003.tif

Unique Identifier NL15HFT

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