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GB 249 T-GED/9/527
Title
Letter from J. Stuart-Glennie, St. Légier sur Vevey, Switzerland, to Patrick Geddes
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- 5 February 1904 (Creation)
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8 ff.
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His illness and difficulty in working. He hopes to write 'The Classification of the Sciences' and 'Outlines of a New Synthesis' before he 'drops'. The Rhind Trustees' scorn for his Arthurian ideas. His disappointment at not obtaining a Gifford Lectureship to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Chairs of History, and being able to revitalise Scottish Higher Education. His interest in the East and its importance to Europe. Remarks on Technical Education. Mention of Victor Branford. Discussion of the work of a Sociological Society without a proper historical outlook.
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Open
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- English