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

2 docs: 1 letter and 1 printed obituary.

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.