you and me both
"This makes my seventh summer without respite in this country, and I long for the completion of this question of revision in order that I may take some rest, get Japan off the brain and recover lost strength."[1]
this concluded a long note from parkes to the permanent under-secretary for foreign affairs. I felt a twang of sympathy, and a twang of guilt. I need to get Japan off the brain, but I haven't had seven summers without respite.
[1] FO 363/2 Tenterden Papers. August 12 1879. Parkes to Tenterden
this concluded a long note from parkes to the permanent under-secretary for foreign affairs. I felt a twang of sympathy, and a twang of guilt. I need to get Japan off the brain, but I haven't had seven summers without respite.
[1] FO 363/2 Tenterden Papers. August 12 1879. Parkes to Tenterden