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well, 1 and it is impossible not to feel that their deaths 

 have left places hard to fill. About Aubrey Moore, Mr. 

 Eomanes wrote some touching words in the i Guar- 

 dian ' (he was never afraid to express his admiration, to 

 wear his heart upon his sleeve). The little notice has 

 now been reprinted with two others as a Preface to 

 the volume of Mr. Moore's Essays ' Scientific and 

 Philosophical.' 



To Mr. Eomanes. 



Ch. Ch., January 17, 1890. 



My dear Eomanes, You will have heard, I think, 

 the great sorrow and loss which to-day has brought, 

 in that dear Aubrey Moore was taken away from us 

 this morning. He had been very ill since Monday 

 with congestion of the lungs following influenza. 



Dear friend, I know how you and Mrs. Romanes 

 will miss him ; it is a loss we can very slowly realise 

 and fathom. 



I have never known anyone who combined such 

 gifts for the help of others ; such strength and brilli- 

 ancy and loveableness and generosity. May God 

 help us to learn the lesson of such lives, and to grow 

 in love, and to know and do His will. 



I am, affectionately yours, 



FRANCIS PAGET. 

 To Mr. Paget. 



18 Cornwall Terrace, Kegent's Park, N.W. : January 18, 1890. 



My dear Paget, Like most men of my age, I 

 have had many sudden shocks of this kind, but never 

 one in a more terrible degree than is delivered by 



1 The beautiful cemetery adjoining Holy well Church, Oxford. 



