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  <dc:title>Letter from 'Tom' [Thomas Edward Thorpe], Heidelberg, to 'Dear Father' [George Thorpe]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Sending birthday wishes to his father and commenting on trade stagnation in Manchester. He has received a letter from Dr Watts giving college news. Thorpe notes the lack of interest shown by Gladstone and D'Israeli in supporting [Owens] College; 'government aid is as remote as ever'. He bemoans the government's attitude to education and contrasts the attainments of English and German university men.  </dc:description>
  <dc:date>28 February 1869</dc:date>
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