Excerpt from The Moral Social Significance of the Conception of Personality
The typescript of this essay, which was awarded the Green Moral Philosophy Prize in 1914, was bequeathed to us by the author. It is only right for us to put on record that, in the same letter in which he made this bequest, Arthur Heath wrote:
'I do not wish any of my papers to be published. There are only two - my Green Prize Essay and a paper I wrote for the Oxford Philosophical Society - which are at all complete, and those I don't want to publish as they stand.'
We have given careful consideration to these words, and it will readily be believed that we would not lightly ignore our friend's wishes. Various reasons have, however, brought us to the conclusion that we ought not to prevent the publication of the Green Essay. Professor J. A. Smith, who has very kindly acted as its editor, and Mr. H. W. B. Joseph, both expressed the opinion that the essay should be given to the world, and we know that there could not be better judges of its philosophical merits. Arthur Heath was always inclined to take too modest a view of his own achievements; and at the time when the letter which we have quoted was written it is probable that he took an even lower view of his writings than usual.
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