Testimonials in favour of Thomas Graham ... Candidate for the vacant chair of chemistry, in University College, London / [Thomas Graham].
- Thomas Graham
- Date:
- 1837
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Testimonials in favour of Thomas Graham ... Candidate for the vacant chair of chemistry, in University College, London / [Thomas Graham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![In England ist es freilich anders wie bei mis oder wie in Frank- reich; lebten Sie in dem dunkelsten Winkel dieser Lander ver- borgen, man wiirde kommen, Sie zu holen, eine Bewerbung ware bei Ihrer Stellung nicht nothig. Schreiben Sie mir zu was Sie sicli entschlossen haben, und ob Sie iiberhaupt geneigt sind Ihr Glasgow zu verlassen, Ich bin mit der herzlichsten Anhanglichkeit * Ganz der Ihrige, LIEBIG. [ Translation.] Giessen, 28th February, 1837. My Dear Friend, I write at present on a business which peculiarly concerns yourself. I wish you to make up your mind to compete for the situation in the London University, which has become vacant by the death of my friend Dr Turner, and I know that in this I ex¬ press the wish of all my friends in Paris and Berlin. By the rare solidity of your labours you have acquired the respect of every chemist able to appreciate their difficulty and their value. We all desire nothing more ardently than that your situation in life may secure to you the means and opportunity to pursue and to complete these labours in quiet and convenience. The pecu¬ liar relations of the London University, are such, that the vacant professorship can be bestowed only on a man of acknowledged talent and celebrity; for it is only by distinguished teachers that she can raise herself; the pillars of her existence are intelligence and eminent knowledge. This gives us the hope that your ap¬ plication will be crowned with more success than that of any of your fellow chemists, not one of whom will place himself by your side as a competitor for this situation. Do not fear that favouritism and patronage, which in your country provp so often dangerous to all true science, will decide this important election. The guardians of the London University are men too enlightened to permit any secondary interests to prevail, especially in an institu¬ tion which has sprung up from the spirit of the age, as the pecu-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30355539_0018.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
