8/33 At lunch to-day Dr.Whewell was more interesting than I had seen him before. He asked me about Laura Bridgman, and said that he knew a similar case. He contended, in opposition to Mrs.Airy and myself, that loss of vision was preferable to loss of hearing, because it shut one out less from human companionship. He loves a good joke, but his jests are serious. He writes verses that are touchingly beautiful, but it is difficult to believe, in his presence, that he writes them. |