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&quot;They said the devil was in him and turned him out of the syna 

 gogue, which is much the same, I take it.&quot; 



&quot; Right I never thought of that ; he must have been a true honest 

 man.&quot; 



&quot; Just such a man as you would like to be yourself Mr. C., only a 

 great deal more so a thorough-going brave man of the people, an out- 

 and-out democrat, fraternizing with the very lowest classes, and seeing 

 and trying all sorts of life. More than that, sir, he could endure mis 

 representation and the ingratitude and unfaithfulnesss of friends with 

 out impatience ; and finally, to realize his purpose more effectually, he 

 could suffer without wavering the severest mental and bodily agony, 

 and at length could die, without the least stain of inconsistency on his 

 noble, manly character, not as you might be willing to on the barri 

 cades, but alone, and by slow process of law.&quot; 



&quot; All right, sir, and a true man, call him what you will.&quot; 



&quot; A true man, sir, and no time-server, and now, what taught he ? 

 That goodness, truth, and love, and happiness are one and inseparable. 

 Further, that all the good in the universe is a commonwealth (kingdom 

 of God), and that one s enjoyment of it cannot be separate from an 

 other s. He always seemed to think every body else s good just as much 

 his business as his own, and taught his followers to find their happiness 

 in that of others ; always to do that for others which they would have 

 done for themselves.&quot; 



&quot; And that s just what they don t do.&quot; 



&quot; They don t pretend they do, but they believe it s the right plan, and 

 they wish to and try to, and they say he never did any other way. 

 His whole life, as it is described to us, does seem to be in accordance 

 with the idea, and if no other man s ever was, so much the better for 

 him. Perfect love always guiding him, entire annihilation of self, sel 

 fish purpose all merged in desire for the general good of mankind.&quot; 



&quot; A very nice model of a man, no doubt, if one must believe 



the story ; but you see I don t.&quot; Here he went off into a long and 

 laboured attack upon the Bible as being called an infallible guide, and 

 upon the theory of plenary inspiration. If it teaches one thousand men 

 one doctrine, and one thousand other men, of an average equal capacity, 

 directly the opposite doctrine, he would like to know what it infallibly 

 guided to and so on : some few of his points being fair and reasonable, 

 some of them utterly absurd, and the greater part of his argument mere 

 narrow-minded cavilling and play upon words. I attempted very little 



