The Henson Journals

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Monday, August 18th, 1930.

I applied for membership of the Research Defence Society, and authorized my Bankers to pay the annual subscription of ten shillings. Then I frittered away the morning in putting together materials for my address to the medical students.

I walked round the Park: being much incommoded by the heat and the flies.

Ella motored to Durham, and met the train from Scotland in which the Bishop of Rhode Island and Mrs Perry were travelling. She took them to the Deanery, where they had tea, & were then shown over the Cathedral. Then they came on to Auckland, & arrived there in good time for dinner. Dr McCullagh came to dine.

We had much pleasant and interesting conversation. The Bishop said that the resolution about the marriage would be more noticed in America than the resolution on "Birth–control". The first subject was of pressing importance, but not the last. He agreed, however, that "Birth–control" was beginning to be much discussed since the publication of Judge Lindsay's Books.

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