Item 37 - Letter from W.E. Heitland to Nora Sidgwick

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Reports that he heard of Henry Sidgwick's illness with the greatest sorrow, and that it has haunted him for days, until he decided that he must write. States that he is glad to hear that his operation has been successful, but regrets that he must give up academic life, a move he describes as 'a disaster to Cambridge.' Wishes to express his sympathy with Nora 'under so great a blow'. States that 'it is not those who have of late years found themselves voting often against the Professor that admire and respect him the least: it is not they who will look coolly on his resignation.' Trusts that he will 'do a good bit of work in retirement.'