Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00208)

Dear Wes,

Thanks for your email below.

I think the steps you outline would help to set the record straight.

Once again thanks for listening and responding to my concerns.

Daniel

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Wes Amerman" <amerman@s...> wrote:
> 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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