Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London
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Letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell (Lord Marchmont) to son Alexander Hume-Campbell, Lord Polwarth. Sent from London
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A letter from Hugh Hume-Campbell to his son Alexander Hume-Campbell dated 28 March 1769.
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What we wrote concerning your complaint related not so much to it as a present disease as it did to its being a symptom of your going into a morbid state of body[…] Upon the most slight appearance therefore of any return you must not fail to consult Mr. Tissot as I have already wrote[…] I hope you do not remit your application to your more important studies. The practice of analysing is a very proper method of teaching, and facilitates the habit of judging of composition, but I fear you may have begun it too soon.’ Discourse on the difference between composition and analysis. Writer saw Mr Worsley a few days ago; he had not heard from his son for a long time. The writer informed Worsley that Alexander had seen his son, though has few opportunities of seeing his countrymen. Asks if Alexander has ever seen Voltaire.
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