Faraday to Thomas Twining   2 December 1857

Brighton | 2 Decr. 1857.

My dear Sir

I received yours here and though I could not be with you hope that you had a good & wise result last night- I had read the matter contained in the Journal of the Soc Arts1 & was very sorry for the condition of the subject[.] It is no doubt a difficult one & I dare say that the principle of examination can hardly be carried out by a central body for the whole country[.] Still to change the Society suddenly from that which it has been to something to something [sic] as yet insufficiently tried by its consequences would as it appears to me not be wise. But as I have entered very little into the subject I have no right to form any opinion[.] I trust that a good safe & useful conclusion will be arrived at2[.]

With our kindest remembrances to Mrs. Twining3 I am

My dear Sir | Most truly Yours | M. Faraday

T. Twining Jur Esqr | &c &c &c

1
J.Soc.Arts.,1857, 6: 5-8 which discussed the state of the Society of Arts examinations.
2
This refers to the decision of the Society of Arts to continue examinations which was taken amidst some controversy at a special meeting of Members on 1 December 1857. J.Soc.Arts.,1857, 6: 31-9.
3
Victorine Twining, née von Hagen (1830-1889, Pearce (1988), 2). Married Thomas Twining in 1850.

Bibliography

PEARCE, Brian L. (1988): Thomas Twining of Twickenham: His work, his Museum, and The Perryn House Estate, Twickenham.

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