Title
page
Richard
Melville Beaumont
(1909-1998)
of
Southwell
In
his own words
Inside first page
HUMILITY
Humility
is perpetual quietness of heart. It is to have no trouble. It is
never to be fretted or vexed, irritable or sore, to wonder at nothing
that is done to me, to feel nothing done against me. It is to be at
rest when nobody praises me, or when I am blamed and despised; it is
to have a blessed home in Mind where I can go and shut the door and
be at peace as in the deep sea of calmness, when all around and about
is trouble.
(1998
note: Richard wrote: “I found this (a dog-eared printed card) among
Mrs G.H. Fowler's papers at Leamington when I was clearing out her
house. I liked it, and put it in my pocket book where it must have
remained for about forty years. I doubt whether I have lived up to
what it says.”)
Editor's note (1998)
Richard
told us that we should have to type out his 'life story’ but gave
no instructions what was to be done with it. It was handwritten into
three books, the last of which was unfinished. He started it at
Scarborough in September 1996 and was still working on it in the last
few days of his life.
It
is given here more or less exactly as it was written. I have simply
corrected minor anomalies, broken the text into 'chapters', revised
the running order in one or two places to put things which occurred
to him later into their proper places, and made a very few cuts. The
mistakes can be blamed on the editor's general ignorance and habitual
inability to read perfectly clear handwriting.
A
few dates and other comments from me have been given in the form of
footnotes.
E.M.B.
September
1998
©
Copyright Estate of Richard Melville Beaumont.
Editor's
note (2017)
Re-issued
with some corrections, mainly of my errors in the footnotes.
As and when I find more errors, I will try and correct them.
As and when I find more errors, I will try and correct them.
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