Item 51 - Letter from T.H. Huxley to Henry Sidgwick

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Add. MS c/94/51

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Letter from T.H. Huxley to Henry Sidgwick

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  • 20 Dec 1874 (Creation)

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Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895), biologist and science educationist
(1825-1895)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Expresses his gratitude for Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics, which he received the previous day. Uncertain as to when he will get around to reading it, as he has 'lately taken to sleep much better than [he] used to do', and the hours he used to spend reading are now lost to him.

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