Autograph letter signed : to ""My dear P.," 1844 July 17.

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Autograph letter signed : to ""My dear P.," 1844 July 17.

Regarding his critique of Hume's metaphysics, with which he is inclined to agree, but as to style, does Hume not rival Gibbon?; commending his "sketch of the English historian" that will be "much studied now & hereafter"; suggesting that he pursue a paper on "the Conquest."

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