224 HENRY KIRKE WHITE S REMAINS. 



TO HIS BROTHER NEVILLE. 



Nottingliam, June 1804. 

 Dear Neville, 



In answer to your question, whether the Sizars have 

 any duties to perform, I answer no. Somebody, perhaps, 

 has been hinting that there are servile offices to be per- 

 formed by Sizars. It is a common opinion, but perfectly 

 erroneous. The Oxford Servitors, I believe, have many 

 unpleasant duties ; but the Sizars at Cambridge only 

 differ from the rest in name. 



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TO MR B. MADDOCK. 



Nottingham, 15ih June 1804. 



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My dear Ben, 



I do not sit down to write you a long letter, for I 

 have been too much exhausted w^ith mathematics to have 

 much vigour of mind left ; my lines will therefore be 

 wider than they are wont to be, and I shall, for once, be 

 obliged to diffuse a little matter over a broad surface. 

 For a consolatory letter I trust you have little need, as 

 by this time you have no doubt learned to meet with 

 calmness, those temporary privations and inconveniences 

 which, in this life, we must expect, and therefore should 

 be prepared to encounter. 



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This is true — this is Christian philosophy : it is a 

 philosophy in which we must all, sooner or later, be insti- 

 tuted, and which, if you stedfastly persist in seeking, I 

 am sure God will assist you to your manifest comfort and 

 peace. 



There are sorrows, and there are misfortunes, which 

 bow down the spirit beyond the aid of all human comfort. 

 Of these, I know, my dear Ben, you have had more than 

 common experience ; but while the cup of life does over- 



