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  <dc:title>Copy letter from W [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society, B H [Burlington House], to James Higston</dc:title>
  <dc:description>In response to Higston's letter from Melbourne, Australia, on behalf of a gentlemen who wishes to bequeath an annual donation of £250 to the Royal Society to be used as a prize for the best essay 'on the immortality of the soul'. Sharpey notes that this has been laid before the President [Edward Sabine] and Council, who note that they 'do not deem it expedient' to undertake a Trust for such a topic.


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  <dc:date>15 May 1868</dc:date>
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