Item 22 - Copy letter from Henry Sidgwick to Helen Gladstone

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Add. MS c/105/22

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Copy letter from Henry Sidgwick to Helen Gladstone

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  • 27 Jul 1886 (Creation)

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Sidgwick, Henry (1838-1900), philosopher
(1838-1900)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Typewritten Gave Helen's sister 'as full and exact account of [his] views' as he could. After thinking over their conversation and re-reading her letter it occurred to him that there was one point on which he slightly disagreed with her phrase regarding her views on whether Holloway will or ought to be 'the leading college', and gives his views on this basis on the question of whether she should take a position at that institution. Believes that the prestige of her name does affect the matter somewhat, in that 'it inevitably makes [her] acceptance of the post imply a conviction in favour of Holloway, which would not be implied in the case of an ordinary professional person, naturally and legitimately aiming at professional advancement'.

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      ADD.MS.c/105/21 - Copy of letter, 9 Jul 1886, from Henry Sidgwick to Helen Gladstone, also on the subject of her possible move to be first principal of Royal Holloway College.
      ADD.MS.c/105/23 - Letter, 7 Apr 1903, from Helen Gladstone to Nora Sidgwick, enclosing 105/21 and 105/22

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