The Henson Journals

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Thursday, March 29th, 1928.

Mrs Creighton having written to me critically about my address to the Diocesan Conference of which she had seen no more than the extracts which appeared in the newspapers, I was at pains to reply to her very civilly, sending an extract of the salient passage.

The Master of the Temple stayed until shortly after 3 p.m. He talks volubly and discursively but not very intelligently, though he has a considerable knowledge of English Literature.

After his departure, Lionel and I walked in the Park, but got very wet. The rain fell most of the day with considerable violence.

Ella returned from Scotland, attending a meeting in Durham on the way from Newcastle.

I read through a vehement attack on the modern nonsense of Sex equality by a Norwegian Professor, K.A. Wieth–Knudsen – "Feminism, a sociological Study of the Woman question from Ancient Times to the Present Day". The author makes it very clear that he is neither a Christian nor a Darwinian. He makes out a good case against ignoring the physiological difference between the sexes.