1899-10-20 to William Butler Yeats

Autograph letter signed, National Library of Ireland, 116 words

[Edited for paragraph breaks, capitalization, spelling and punctuation.]

92 Victoria Street

Friday [20 October 1899]

Here is the solution or a solution of the difficulty. He leaves the second woman because she falls in love with him. He wants (like all of us) to adore, not to be adored. When the God descends from his altar the worshipper goes to another church.

I hope I shall see you next Wednesday. If this pleases you write to me — You see how it leads up to your end, religion. There the God never descends from his altar to worship the worshipper.

As ever

George Moore