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pleasure of writing to you to express my very 

 high opinion of your son's principles and con- 

 duct, and my sincere regret that he should 

 have left Rugby without my having had an 

 opportunity of becoming better acquainted 

 with him by his being under my own imme- 

 diate instruction in the Sixth Form. I was 

 very glad to give him the prize for composi- 

 tion in his Form, and to see the very 

 creditable place which his name holds on the 

 Class Paper. With my sincerest wishes for 

 his future happiness, and hoping that I may 

 not altogether lose sight of him in after life, 

 14 Believe me to be, dear sir, 



" Very faithfully yours, 



" T. Arnold. 



u To Peter Dixon, Esq., 

 " Holme Eden, 



" Carlisle." 



It should be added that before Henrv 

 Dixon left Rugby he was requested one 

 morning by Dr. Arnold to accompany him 

 into his study at the School House. Upon 

 that occasion " the Doctor " (as he was always 

 called by his pupils) thanked the youth who 

 stood before him for the support and encour- 



