Item 126 - Letter from William Everett to Henry Sidgwick

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Refers to the ongoing [Spanish-American] war in North America; a conflict which makes him 'thoroughly sick'. Considers it to be a step backwards, and is determined not to 'back up on senseless Congress and feeble President'. Believes that 'the men who control public opinion in the South have never got over their defeat in a war of their own making, and have longed for another war in which they should be victorious' and that 'the west was full of men who wanted war.' Remarks that he had hoped that Sir Michael [Hicks Beach] would have abandoned the succession tax, and discusses his view of the matter, and asks Sidgwick to explain the finer points of the current methods of taxation to him. Refers to an article in the April edition of Atlantic Monthly by Herr Münsterberg, a German teacher of experimental psychology. Expresses the desire to visit Sidgwick, and informs him that his brother [Henry Sidney?] now lives in the Isle of Wight. Expresses regret at the death of St Albans, of whom he speaks well.