SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Autograph letter signed (''G. Bernard Shaw'') to Reverend J. B. Brooks, Ayot St Lawrence, 6 November 1932.

SHAW, George Bernard (1856-1950). Autograph letter signed ("G. Bernard Shaw") to Reverend J. B. Brooks, Ayot St Lawrence, 6 November 1932.

Postcard, 89 x 114mm, addressed in Shaw's hand on verso.

Shaw on religion: "There are not saints enough to go round the ministry. You have to fill up with routine men like your Manchester friend. You tell them 'The jug holds a pint: that's religion.' Someone comes along and says 'A pint fills a jug, and they scream 'Atheist!' The way to find out a parrot is to put his favorite call into different words. He doesn't recognize it. The true believer does. G. Bernard Shaw." Brooks was a minister of the Methodist Church in Stalybridge, Cheshire.

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