T. E. Lawrence to H. S . Ede

Cattewater

29.vii.29

[20 lines omitted] Another and another letter from you turns up, unanswered, I'm afraid I'm a beast. One holds an admirable summation and demolition of the thesis of No Love: I am entirely with you. Such titillations of the spirit are prostitution, and nasty Maddox St. prostitution at that. Better be like a healthy bull and cow in a field. [12 lines omitted] 

The Meynells. I have not met them. Do not worry about David Garnett's criticism. The man is over-educated, too good a craftsman, and so short-sighted.  People chasing anything big have no use for rules. Your Gaudier is the goods. 

TES