Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00206)

Dear Daniel,

Thanks for your reply. 

You are right that regardless of the level or amount of HPB's praise for Judge or anyone else, it does not explain whether any particular "correction" was justified. Therefore, I agree with Peter Merriott that, for example, HPB's phrase "thin oblong squares" should not have been changed. 

I agree that readers should know what changes are made to a text, and by whom. Therefore I agree with your assessment that Dallas' comments should also apply to Judge's corrections of "The Voice of the Silence." Your solution of affixing a note or label of some sort in our current edition of that work has merit, and I will take it up with my colleagues at the next available opportunity. 

Similarly, I will suggest that when it comes time to re-print the "Voice," that we do so as she originally wrote it. 

This would be entirely consistent with the "hands off" editorial policy of The Theosophy Company. More than that, I am not sure what it is that you suggest we do.

Sincerely,
Wesley Amerman
President
The Theosophy Company
(213)748-7244

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