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quotes a statement of his as evidence that a 

 statement quoted by me from Mr. Simmer s 

 work is a &quot; forgery.&quot; But Dr. Greenwood un 

 fortunately forgets to mention that on the 27th 

 of December 1890 (Letter No. VII. above) Mr. 

 Trotter was publicly required to produce proof 

 of his assertion ; and that he has not thought fit 

 to produce that proof. 



If I were disposed to use to Dr. Greenwood 

 language of the sort he so freely employs to me, 

 I think that he could not complain of a handsome 

 scolding. For what is the real state of the case ? 

 Simply this that having come to the conclusion, 

 from the perusal of &quot; In Darkest England,&quot; that 

 &quot; General &quot; Booth s colossal scheme (as apart from 

 the local action of Salvationists) was bad in 

 principle and must produce certain evil conse 

 quences, and having warned the public to that 

 effect, I quite unexpectedly found my hands full 

 of evidence that the exact evils predicted had, in 

 fact, already shown themselves on a great scale ; 

 and, carefully warning the public to criticise this 

 evidence, I produced a small part of it. When 

 Dr. Greenwood talks about my want of &quot; regard to 

 the opinion of the nine thousand odd who still 

 remain among the faithful&quot; (p. 114), he commits 

 an imprudence. He would obviously be surprised 

 to learn the extent of the support, encouragement, 

 and information which I have received from 

 active and sincere members of the Salvation 



