Henry Sidgwick

In a letter to Rev. John Ellenton, Hort himself admits the questionable character of the group. He

wrote, “I fear you scarcely tolerate my having joined the ‘Apostles’.” The letter further quips that

‘one of the members does not believe in matter.’ Sidgwick was elected to membership in 1857;

The Founders of Psychical Research cite this membership as the cause of his rejection of his

Christian upbringing. He describes the intensity of the group as “the strongest corporate bond I

have known in my life.”