“…Prisons Through the enlightened mind and broad outlook of the Home Secretary, the Right Hon. Edward Shortt, M.P., and the Chairman of the Prison Commissioners, Mr. …”

“…The opening lecture of this series was presided over by the Home Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Edward Shortt, M.P., who, in the course of his remarks, said :— "It is difficult to over-estimate the importance of a scientific knowledge of the health of the mind as well as of the body, and fortunately for us as a country, progress in mental knowledge and mental treatment is advancing, although it is not advancing as quickly as we should desire, but still it is advancing, and lectures of this kind will do a great deal to promote this knowledge — this scientific knowledge that is required, and it is equally of great importance that that knowledge should be possessed not only by experts, but by all the people of the country. …”

“…1922-05 1922 1920s 55 pages : illustrations Copy of the Home Secretary's Speech at the opening of the series of Lectures on "The Mind and What We Ought to Know About It," at the Royal Society of Arts," on February 6th, 1922, THE RT. …”