Evelyn Baring, Lord CROMER (1841–1917), British diplomat and - Lot 22

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Evelyn Baring, Lord CROMER (1841–1917), British diplomat and - Lot 22
Evelyn Baring, Lord CROMER (1841–1917), British diplomat and colonial administrator. Autograph letter, Cairo, November 9, 1893, to Henry Dunning Macleod at the Oxford & Cambridge Club in London; 5 pages, in-8 format, dry seal bearing the British coat of arms, envelope (stamp cut out); in English. He thanks Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902) for sending him his new edition of *The Theory of Credit*. He is no authority on economic matters, but he had taken an interest in them in the past. He realizes that Macleod has corrected certain errors which, backed by the authority of John Stuart Mill and others of his school, had been accepted by the public: “it appeared to me that you had successfully refuted certain errors, which, backed by the authority of Mill and others of his school, had taken hold of the public mind.” Sir Louis Mallet shared this view. Cromer predicted that Macleod’s influence on the younger generation would continue to grow: “I believe that your teaching has produced an effect on the younger generation, and as time goes on I cannot but think that the effect will be increased”…
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