The opposition have ‘crowned the edifice’ by bringing that action of Damages against Miss Jex-Blake,—how unspeakably low and unmanly it all is. I never knew before that saying a man was drunk was actionable; if it is we must be very careful how we speak even of our nearest and dearest. I think a subscription ought to be set on foot at once to pay Miss Jex-Blake’s expenses, and I shall be delighted to contribute my mite.”
One can only quote one or two out of many:
“The Athenaeum,
Jan. 23, 1871.
My dear Sophy,
I will gladly pay half expenses of your action for libel brought by Dr. Christison’s assistant.
I think it vital that you should have the best legal assistance, and win. Be careful, and don’t let them ‘draw’ you into indiscretions that are most forgiveable morally, but damaging to the cause practically.
I don’t the least want to lecture you or assume the Mentor. I only want you to win all along the line.
Your aff. brother,
T. W. J.-B.”