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Anxious to receive news from her after her arrival at Fulford. Hopes that she will be able to stay as long as she wishes. Does not know when he shall get down to Rugby, or how long he shall stay, but states that his stay there 'will include Sunday the 5th'. Reports that he has seen Roche Dakyns, who was in Cambridge to take his M.A. degree. Reports that he went to Oxford the previous Saturday, saw William, and enjoyed himself very much. Remarks on the contrast between Oxford and Cambridge in respect of the more vibrant intellectual life in the former. Attributes this to the hot controversies that are always raging there.
States that he is inclined to agree with her about the new mastership at Rugby, and claims that the only doubt is what Arthur will do. Does not think that he will be sorry to have more time to read, and hopes that he will decide to stay in Cambridge. Reports that he has saved one thousand seven hundred pounds, and hopes to save four hundred a year as long as he stays in Cambridge. States that he dined at the Lodge the previous night 'and Lady Affleck [Everina Whewell or Maria Affleck?] enquired very kindly after Minnie'.
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Part transcription in Sidgwick, Arthur, and Sidgwick, E. M, 'Henry Sidgwick'. London: Macmillan, 1906, p 106-107
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- Sidgwick, Mary (d 1879), mother of Henry Sidgwick (Subject)
- Dakyns, John Roche (1836-1910) geologist (Subject)
- Sidgwick, William Carr (1834-1919), fellow and tutor at Merton College, Oxford (Subject)
- Sidgwick, Arthur (1840–1920), educationist and classical scholar (Subject)
- Affleck, Everina Frances (d 1865) wife of (1) Sir Gilbert Affleck and (2) William Whewell (Subject)
- Affleck, Maria Emily (b c 1826-1902) wife of Sir Robert Affleck (Subject)
- Benson, Mary (1841-1918), née Sidgwick, wife of Edward White Benson (Subject)