The Henson Journals

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New Year's Eve, December 31st, 1906.

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My wife and I dined with the Lytteltons. General Lyttelton & his wife were the only other guests. Much conversation about politics.

Returning I wrote letters till the 'hora fatalis' approached.

Here ends a year which will not rank as a pleasant or profitable year. The futile & furious agitation stirred up by the Educational Bill, has filled the time. We come out at the finish without any result save an embitterment of temper, & a confusion of issues . Personally this year has not been advantageous. Kirshbaum's departure makes the parochial situation difficult, and I grow myself somewhat weary.

The only publication of the year has been "Religion in the Schools", and that has been a total failure. The British Public will have none of me, or my works.

My eldest brother's death has reduced the number of the 'table–round' of the family.

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Issues and controversies: education bill