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Godfrey Wilson, via the Monica and Godfrey Wilson collection, which has digitized many of their field photos. A great resource.

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“We are learning to move and flow, to live in our senses, as well as our minds… soon we shall be past checks and rocks and there will be nothing but joy in each other’s arms… Monica, I love you, I walk in the path of your mind, and rest on your heart. I riot in the splendour of your body and find there, not drunkenness, but the peace of God.” - Godfrey to Monica Wilson, 1935

Godfrey committed suicide in 1944, distraught that his wartime service took him away from Monica. His last note to her read:

“Darling, Try and forgive me. My weakness has betrayed us both. You have done everything possible for me; waited for me, encouraged me, loved me truly; no one could have done more, few as much. It was the real thing our love, don't let my failure make you doubt that.”

Monica and Godfrey Wilson, via The Fires Beneath.