BIB_ID
408645
Accession number
MA 9183.24
Creator
Caird, Edward, 1835-1908.
Display Date
1888 March 17.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.7 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning Knight's candidacy for the Examinership at London University; affirming his academic qualifications and adding "I may also add that your great literary faculty & knowledge of literature free you from any temptation to run in a groove or to judge men by narrow standards. I do not see how London University could get a better Examiner."
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