(many written on the back of school notes by various pupils, some dated 1894).
Contents were in an envelope marked “Sundry lectures”.
Notes beginning “Articulate sounds made by our vocal organs are divided into the vowels (or sonants) and consonants”.
Notes beginning “The sun’s heat is more or less indirectly the origin of almost all the mechanical force available on the surface of the earth”.
Notes beginning “Here is a card Sir. What will you have for dinner?”
Notes beginning “The publication of Sir W Hamilton’s lectures had at length put us in a position to form an approximate estimate of the value of his contributions…”
Notes beginning “That matter consists of small particles…”
Notes beginning “Yes. I am tired of the foolish places I have been to visit lately…”
Notes beginning “These people often quote with triumph the names of scientific men whom they have induced to become behoven”.
Notes beginning “The process of defining must inevitably bring us to the indefinable”.
Notes beginning “Dress should be designed for decency, health, convenience, comfort, taste & economy.
Notes beginning “One of the most striking characteristics of Christianity is that while it originated among the Jews…”
Notes beginning “I disclaim any intention of fighting over again the apparently internecine struggle of Literature versus Science”.
Notes beginning “In the Steynsberg irrigation scheme the cost of removing silt is put down at zero because it is assumed that the erf holders will buy the soil…”
Notes beginning “On arriving at Linden Lodge which was a country home of fair pretensions…”
Notes beginning “We arrived at [Midges?] Creek about fifty miles from the station late at night…”
Notes beginning “They had just come to the top of the rise…”