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Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu
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Robert Louis Stevenson's open letter defends Father Damien, the priest who served leprosy patients on Molokai, against the Reverend Dr. Hyde's disparaging remarks. It suits readers interested in Stevenson's nonfiction, Hawaiian history, or debates over moral reputation and religious controversy.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
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