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admission ? And has any one else followed him ? Come, Miss 

 Stebbing, now so many months have elapsed, and time heals all 

 wounds, you know, won't you soften that hard, harsh expression, 

 " entirely false " ? 



Let me say in conclusion how charmed I am to make Miss 

 Stebbing's acquaintance, and with what enthusiasm I welcome 

 her desertion of one doctrine at least of the old logic, and her 

 acceptance of the new in its stead. It warms the very cockles 

 of my heart to find that, after she had taken up her parable 

 against me, like Balaam the son of Beor, of Pethor, she repented 

 at the persuasion of a certain kind of animal, and adopted a 

 contrary attitude. Miss Stebbing's name will go down to 

 posterity as that of my first disciple. 



