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Taylor, Isaac (1787–1865) writer on theology, artist, and inventor
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Letter from Isaac Taylor
Add. MS a/213/104 · Item · 30 June 1836
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Taylor is a candidate for the Chair of Logic at Edinburgh University and is canvassing WW for support [attached is a 3 pp. printed letter outlining Taylor's definition and approach to logic].
Letter from Isaac Taylor
Add. MS a/213/105 · Item · 23 Jan. 1854
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Thanks WW for his book ['Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay', 1854]: 'I have read it with deep feeling - and if I may use the liberty of saying so must profess to believe that it is a book which cannot fail greatly to modify generally received opinions, even if it should not lead to the adoption of a belief altogether differing from that which has prevailed in modern times'.