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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 mionths 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 Mommies, Esq. 



18 Cornwall Terrace : April 24. 



My dearest James, — I am sure you 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. 

 Hi s 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 opinion which the 

 adjudicators entertain of the work. I do not know how 



