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80 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge.

Dear Wm

At the end of my sketch are 2 pp 114-115, the beginning of Ch IV 'Cambridge Life' (at least I think they are there) wd you tear them off and send them. I have corrected a lot that is in your copy of my sketch – I have left out the part about mother

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but put in a different account elsewhere with less detail and dwelling on the comfort she was to him

I want to write to you about the religious question but am too tired now.

It seems that the dread of a discussion is the great stumbling block. I am very sorry for mother

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bothered by HEL & Co or rather RBL & Co for HEL; and by us on the other side.

I think they utterly exaggerate the amount of discussion – LD [Leonard] compares it to the talk abt Carlyle's letters – but there it was the indiscretion that made people talk.

Yrs affect

FD

I was so glad of a short night of Sara who if I may be allowed to say so is a wonner