Spiritist Review - Journal of Psychological Studies - 1866

Allan Kardec

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Letter from Mr. F. Blanchard to Journal La Liberté



We were asked to publish the letter below, addressed to the chief-editor of the Journal la Liberté.

Dear Sir,

It is true that one must fill out the columns of a newspaper, but when that decoration is full of insults addressed to those that do not share the ideas of your editors, at least like the one that wrote such a vulgarity about the Davenport brothers, in the Monday issue, one is allowed to find it bad to give one’s money to those that are not afraid of treating others as fools, ignorant, etc. Well, I am a Spiritist and thank God for that. Thus, rest assured that when my subscription with your journal ends, it will not be renewed. Your paper has a sublime title; therefore, do not belie that title, and know that the word implies respect to everyone’s opinion. Above all, do not forget that freedom and Spiritism are absolutely the same thing. Does such a synonym surprise you? Read, study this Doctrine that seems so dark to you, and you will then be able to do service to Truth and Freedom, that you raise so high but that you offend.

Florentine Blanchard, bookseller in Marennes.”



P.S. If my signature is not much legible to you, the seal that closes the letter will clarify.

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