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Again, he wi-ites : — "The plan of National Education 

 "without Christianity I utterly abhor. But I am well nigh 

 "driven beside myself when I think that to this nionstros- 

 "ity we are likely to come, because the zealots of diflFerent 

 "sects (including in this t«nn the Establishment) will havw 

 "no Cliristianity without sectarianism." 



"The Established Church is only the Religion of a 

 "part of the Nation, and there is the whole difficulty. ' 

 (Stanley s "Life of Arnold," vol. 2, pages 14 and 16.) 



He held as to the London University that the Uni- 

 versity should "include Christians of eveiy Denomination 

 "without the slightest distinction." (Page 81.) He would 

 have had the Senate of different Denominations of Christ- 

 ians. (Page 89.) He eventually resigned because th-.; 

 Senate decided that Christianity wa^ "no essential part of 

 "one system, but only a branch of knowlcdgo which any 

 "man might pursue if he liked." (Page 132, Letter CXCl., 

 Stanley's "Life of Arnold.') 



Arnold, on 2oth January, 1841, writes: — "I am ap- 

 "pointed, with Dr. Peacock, the Dean of Ely, to draw up 

 "a Charter for tlie proposed college in Van Diemeu's 

 "Land, which will again force upon me the question ol 

 "religious instruction without exclusion, one of the hardest 

 "of all problems. In all British colonies it is manifest 

 "that the Scotch Cliurch has equal rights with the English 

 " — equal rights, even legally — and, I think, considering 

 "Ireland, that the Roman Cafholic Church has 

 "equal rights morally. Yet to instruct independently ot 

 "any Church is utterly monstrous, and to teach for all 

 "three Churches together is, I think, impossible. I can 

 "only conceive the plan of three distinct branches of one 

 "college, each sovereign in many respects, but in others 

 "forming a common government" — ("Arnold's Life," vol. 

 2. p. 257). 



In writing to Franklin, March 16, 1841, Arnold 

 says, in reference apparently to Cell's desire to identify 

 the college with the Church of England only : — 



"My whole feelings go along with Gell's wishes, but 

 "I do not think they ought to be indulged. It is a great 

 "happiness to live in a country where there is only one 

 "church to be considered, either in law or in equity. Then 

 "all institutions can take a simple and definite character, 

 "the schools and the Cliurch can be identified, and the 

 "teaching in the schoolroom and in the church may breathe 

 "the same spirit. . . . But, if I were in Gell's place, 

 "as in manv other respects I could not expect all the 

 "advantages of England, so neither could I in this identi- 

 "fication of my school with my Church. In a British 

 "Colony there are other elements than those purely Eng- 



