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Autograph Letter Signed, to G.C.Warr [George Charles Warr, 1845-1901, Classics Professor], inviting him to dinner. 1 page 7 x 4 inches, black borders, in good condition. Dated also according to the Positivist Calendar: 5 Descartes 88. 17 Mecklenburgh Square [London], 11 October 1876. Uncommon. Richard Congreve (1818 – 1899) was the first English philosopher to espouse openly the Religion of Humanity, the godless form of religious humanism that was introduced by Auguste Comte, as a distinct form of positivism. “I hear you are going to leave our neighbourhood to decentralise yourself. Well it is a strong tendency and a strong temptation for all.”