BIB_ID
424166
Accession number
MA 22919.13
Creator
Flint, Robert, 1838-1910.
Display Date
Tighnabruaich, Scotland, 1893 September 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 15.7 x 9.9 cm
Notes
Written from "Rhuban Lodge / Tighnabruaich" on its stationery.
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.
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 a vacant Chair at St. Andrews; recommending two of his students and Mr. Hastie for the vacant position; adding "I think, however, that Hastie is preeminently the man for the position. He has immeasurably more knowledge of theology in general and especially of German theology than anyone else whom I know; and he would assuredly be a most successful teacher. I shall consider it a very great favour if you can influence any of those referred to in your letter on his behalf. I believe you could do no better service to St. Andrews;" asking if his understanding is correct that the St. Mary's Principalship will "...cease on the death of Dr. Cunningham."
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