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pieces by the violence of the sea. They have 

 been well called the glow-worms of the deep, by 

 a writer, whose account of these islands has been 

 a great assistance to me in my tour. 



" I have much more to tell you on this subject 

 when we meet ; but now the wind is fair for my 

 voyage to St. Kilda, and all hands are waiting 

 for me." 



. Sunday. There was some little ar- 

 gument going on at breakfast, this morning, 

 between Frederick and Wentworth, on the ques- 

 tion of resisting injury and injustice, or of 

 passively submitting, according to the injunction 

 of the Gospel ; and my uncle took advantage of 

 it to say a few words on the subject, lest we 

 should mistake between the real meaning and 

 the figurative expression. 



11 It has been charged against the Gospel," 

 he said, " "that it teaches men to feel towards 

 their enemies in a manner which is compatible 

 only with an abject, slavish temper, and that it 

 directs what it is impossible to practise ; not 

 only forbidding retaliation, but inculcating pa- 

 tience under the grossest ill-usage ; as in these 

 passages : ' Love your enemies, bless them 

 which curse you. Resist not evil ; but whoso- 

 ever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to 

 him the other also. 5 But such objections can 

 only be urged against the mere words ; they do 



