Affectionately yours.
Mr. Henry W. Phillips.
Gad's Hill, Thursday, 16th April, 1867.
My dear Mr. Phillips,[83]
Although I think the scheme has many good points, I have this doubt: Would boys so maintained at any one of our great public schools stand at a decided disadvantage towards boys not so maintained? Foundation Scholars, in many cases, win their way into public schools and so enforce respect and even assert superiority. In many other cases their patron is a remote and misty person, or Institution, sanctioned by Time and custom. But the proposed position would be a very different one for a student to hold, and boys are too often inconsiderate, proud, and cruel. I should like to know whether this point has received consideration from the projectors of the design?
Faithfully yours always.
Mr. Henry F. Chorley.
Gad's Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent,
Sunday, June 2nd, 1867.
My dear Chorley,