Niall Hobhouse to Yseult Olgivie

Thank you for your nice formal letter, and the considered response. The FOA scheme may yet prove too arbitrary in fact; I am encouraging everybody to think of it not as a design, or even yet a formal proposition. But what … an armature, a scaffolding? Whatever it is, it isn’t ready for plants yet.

The whole thing is certainly done on the assumption that a ruthless gardener will have all those swooping curves obliterated well within the term of any employment contract.

The Benjamin passage is a wonder, and thank you.


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