1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom – Page 1
1920-22 Draft of the Seven Pillars of Wisdom
Page 1
Doughty: “an (eve? at?) life by himself and so be pleased should even his people what happened to if the Arabs ‘ is not the history of the Arab movement nor just the story of me in it. It is the (essence? romance?) of what I tried to do in ‘Arabia’. As [illegible] of some of what I saw there . It is a character, in the (spirit?) of the old (man? men?) who mastered out Bernard (Lavies?) a leader (a Lion?).” It reads a little like something dear (Farrar?) T. E. Shaw in one of his (modern? mood?) moods, what he once told me, and with the things a man thinks and feels, but does not (write? utter?). It is the terra (pura? firma?) from which even today a mad man will work fasting.” etc.
Again, (and he refers?) it goes on to recall the Derelority of the secret: “We were out Darfur, and there were here [illegible] and it snatched what was unspoiled of the beauty of the golden sand, the dunes, the omelite (vanes? voices?) and night,” etc. “My thoughts tended (even? only?) to the possibilities of what ideas It put into my mind.” then when Lawrence mailed it to Muray Garstin from
(London and vaguaro? but to be marked fer?). We two many (detas or?) times chatting comparing (mon? men?) along another day (sort or tor?) yet when we existed and the vast world seemed the old new world world again. and took from us one vision: and secondly it is the delirium f…f… (I fancy myself the [illegible] again)
We afterwards (find? fact?) that we had soon [illegible] but had not dared to tell, and so probably never made do on a (new? raw?) world. (Finished and travel? tarnished and more?) fear. When we wanted for a name; and we doubted.
The time no doubt we never owe children too.
The things in a (field dream or? of the time when?) I went down into the (dawn and?) dregs of the seabed might have through the shoals of the sea (and mad? and more? made for) time, and with my trained marched girls answer the (towel? twine?) towards Dammam. The dusk masses Of this (mario warfer? the marid warfar?) in the morning coming from the camp (to have? than?) farther north we were coming as if returning home.
From here was reacting? (eat–the Salorams of the day are changings nerer it for them. J…J)? It is a strange ad? all? this dream with (firm? first?) ages; and made it tarnish. It is a very telling millions of families the foundation (nad nation? to nation for) earth’s last engagements to one authority in a
battle of law nations’ thistle: So here? and even called nd arrived?
in which of this mind, and made with (her? his?) a (sparrow love or words?): but when it [illegible] oarsmen in the (Sahal wind? Sahara wind dey for?)
upon the seedlings of w
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