Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876. Excerpt: ... Trin. Lodge, Cambridge, Feb. 28, 1850. My Dear Forbes, I am afraid you must have thought me almost obstinately silent of late, so far as correspondence with you is concerned. In truth I have been more busy than usual, giving lectures on Moral Philosophy to a greater extent than I have hitherto done, in order to make our new examinations as effective as I can; and I think I see a promise of good working for the new system, if we can go on steadily and judiciously for a few years, till our new lines of study take something of a set. You will easily understand that this is a matter in which failure is possible, for we shall have examiners to educate as well as candidates; and if the Tutors do not take up the new scheme cordially, we shall have the enactments of the University evaded by some merely nominal conformity to them. However, as yet I see no prospect of any difficulties, except such as we may hope to get well over. Our new Professor of English Law has not yet made his lectures very instructive, but he will probably learn to do so as he comes more into contact with the students, and we expect great things from our new Professor of Modern History, Sir James Stephen, who is to lecture next term. He has been, as you probably know, one of the great luminaries of the Edinburgh Review in the historical line. I have not yet turned my thoughts to our task of reporting to the British Association on the result of our former Report. Indeed I do not yet quite understand what we are desired to do. You, I think, have a view on this point derived from what passed at the meeting. I should be very glad if you would draw up a sketch of a Report for us to make. However slight and imperfect the sketch, it would shew me the nature of what is intended, and the form into wh...
