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Brotherton Collection2
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positivism16
letters12
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Comte, Auguste (1798-1857)2
Quin, Malcolm1
Quin, Malcolm (1854-)1
Taine, Hippolyte (1828-1893)1
Mill, John Stuart, 1806-18731
Edger, Auguste Paul (1875-)1
Bridges, John Henry1
Bridges, John Henry (1832-1906)1
Grant, Arthur James (1862-1948)1

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Letters from Malcolm Quin to Professor Arthur James Grant and Mr Robertson

Quin, Malcolm

1892-1927

Addresses (except where otherwise stated) Numbers 1-33, 35-53 From 30, Alexandra Place, Newcastle- on-Tyne. Numbers 56-64, 66, 68-82, 84-88 From 10, Manor House Road, Newcastle -on-Tyne . Dates The da...

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Christmas card from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

23 Dec 1911

Contains a statement about the three Christmas Day masses and a poem by Quin.

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Christmas card from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

23 Dec 1912

Contains a quotation from St. Luke and a poem by Quin.

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Christmas card from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

Dec 1913

Contains a poem by Quin.

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A general view of positivism

Comte, Auguste (1798-1857); Bridges, John Henry (1832-1906)

[1909]

Added title page title: Republic of the West-Order and progress. A general view of positivism; or, Summary exposition of the system of thought and life, adapted to the great western republic, formed o...

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Letter from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

20 Nov 1924

Quin writes about positivism and Richard Congreve. He responds to Robertson's comments about Catholicism.

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Letter from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

20 July 1927

Quin discusses Positivist and Catholic viewpoints.

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Letter from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

26 Jul 1927

Quin thanks Robertson for sending him Susan Liveing's 'A nineteenth-century teacher, John Henry Bridges' London, 1926.

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Letter from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

19 Aug 1927

Quin writes his opinions of Susan Liveing's book 'A nineteenth-century teachers, John Henry Bridges' (London: 1926).

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Letter from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

30 Aug 1927

Quin has sent Robertson some poetry which he says the latter can keep. He mentions Catholicism and Congreve's role as 'the Priest'.

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Christmas card from Malcolm Quin to Mr Robertson

23 Dec 1906

Contains a poem by Quin.

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