The life and letters of George John Romanes / written and edited by his wife.

Date:
1896
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Credit: The life and letters of George John Romanes / written and edited by his wife. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    1873 by a man of whom I dare say you will remember I. said I was most afraid, viz., Mr. . I knew him very well when we were undergraduates, and three years ago he obtained the Trinity Scholarship in Philosophy, open to all competitors, and ended up eighteen months ago by graduating as Senior of the Moral Science Tripos. It is a great satisfaction to me that the man who was universally admitted to be the best of the Cambridge metaphysicians should have written, and that, notwithstanding, the decision should have been given unanimously in my favour. To James Bomanes, Esq. 18 Cornwall Terrace : x\pril 24. My dearest James,—I am sure 5^11 will be as much pleased with the result of my labours as I am myself. I remember so well our speculating upon the probable chances of success, and how low we set them down. Had I known for certain that was going to compete, I think I should have given up altogether. His essay does seem to have been extraordinarily good, and yet he cannot get a second prize, because, the foundation requires that every penny of the interest shall go to the first man. As this seems rather hard lines for , I have to-day written to the Divinity Professor offering to share the prize money, on condition that the University recognise as a prizeman. The extraordinary thing about the whole affair is, not so much the award, as the o])inion which the adjudicators entertain of the work. I do not know how