Item 133 - Letter from Thomas Thorp

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Add. MS a/213/133

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Letter from Thomas Thorp

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  • 19 July 1824 (Creation)

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4 pp.

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Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
(1794-1866)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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TT thanks WW for his letter concerning TT's possible candidacy for the Lay Fellowship [see TT to WW, 12 July 1824]: 'you hit the right nail on the head when you sugeested the possibility of my regretting hereafter the abandoning a professon of so much and so indefinite promise as the Law'. TT officially informs WW of his current sentiment: 'if I were called upon now to decide, would be not to ask the Lay appointment, involving as it does the surrender of my College appointments and my views of peaceful independent life'.

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