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Podcast: The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy
Episode: 🎧 251: Did Luther plan . . .
Description: DID LUTHER PLAN Lorna’s entire career as soon as he saw that she had talent, or did he improvise as he saw her talent and interest grow? No one can say with certainty, but I think he improvised. I suspect that Luther was too cautious about his coarse-goods work and too concerned about his standing in the family to have permitted himself even to imagine his brother’s daughter as an apprentice in coarse-goods making when he first recognized her talent at the age of four. On the other hand, he was too calculating a sort not to have...