Item 76 - Letter from William Everett to Nora Sidgwick, with printed obituary of Henry Sidgwick

As soon as he heard of Henry Sidgwick's death the previous Wednesday night he applied himself to preparing for Thursday's paper a 'little obituary notice', which he sends to her [included: 76/2]. It is impossible to say what Henry meant to him. Almost immediately after entering Trinity College he made arrangements for becoming Henry's private pupil, and since then Henry 'has occupied a position in [his] life absolutely unlike any other man's', and always understood him. Refers to Henry's 'exquisitely beautiful nature'. Owes to him 'the proper apprehension of the awful sin and crime of war'. A short time ago he sent Henry a copy of his address 'on "Patriotism" ', which 'has excited some attention [in America']; the last part of it grew out of a talk he had with Henry in 1860, which took place at the Fitzwilliam [Museum]. Believes that he and Henry 'felt a very deep religious sympathy, holding a doctrine scarce understood now a days'.

With printed obituary of Henry Sidgwick [76/2], entitled 'Prof. Henry Sidgwick', by William Everett, extracted from the Advertiser of [30 August 1900], and dated 29 August 1900.