Item 144 - Letter from T. Fowler to Henry Sidgwick

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Reports that at the College meeting that day, he was unanimously requested to ask Sidgwick if he would accept the nomination as a permanent elector to the Chair of Moral Philosophy, in place of the late Dean Liddell. Lists the other electors, including various professors and the Vice-Chancellor. Hopes that he will accept. Apologises for raising so many objections in relation to Sidgwick's book [Practical Ethics, see 93/142] but points out that 'they only applied to one particular point.' Thanks him for his reply, which has enabled him to see Sidgwick's position more clearly. Proposes that they not prolong their correspondence on the matter any further, and withdraws the expression 'throwing aspersions on a class of men on account of their religious beliefs' which he had used in a previous letter in relation to Sidgwick's book, and some ideas contained therein.