To William Whewell   30 October 1840

Hitcham Bildeston Suffolk

30 October 1840

My dear Whewell

On receiving L d Lyttleton's circular 3 or 4 days ago, I wrote to the Chairman (not knowing who he might be) to say that I would come, if wanted. I had engaged to go to Berkshire on Monday the 9 th – but if I came to Cambridge that day & vote early on the 10 th – I can get in to town before night & so off by the morning Train to Berkshire on Wednesday, which will do just as well– If I can't vote on Tuesday, I must give up my Berkshire trip, but from your letter I suppose I can– Crick's circular is nothing more nor less than what I should be ashamed to call it– & if it is a type of Johnian morality, I feel that our College is at a low ebb indeed– I am glad to find that some of the best names are you, & give so flat a contradiction to M r Crick's manifesto– I should like to hear precisely when the voting begins on the 10 th, that I may arrange how I am to get to London– I think Nov. 30 suit me best for the Phil. Soc–but I can't feel quite sure as I have to go to London on the 20 th

Ever truly | J S Henslow

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