Item 43 - William Whewell to Julius Charles Hare

WW is looking forward to JCH's visit to preach at Cambridge. He is to publish his Philosophy of Science before he makes morals his main object [The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, founded upon their History, 2 vols., 1840]. WW is pleased to see tendencies on all sides to reform the prevalent systems of morals: 'The article in the London Review is an indication of this, and appears to me to be in many important points right, and at any rate right in the rigorous rejection of Bentham's doctrines and keen criticism of his character'. WW 'cannot understand how Stirling who I suppose is a conservative, can write in a journal of professed political objects, these being, to destroy the church and democratize the nation' [Westminster Review]. If Bunsen [Christian Bunsen] is in England JCH will no doubt see him: 'pray send him down to us here, for we want to make acquaintance with him'.