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Church Congress. I assure the reverend Principal 

 that in this, as in some other respects, he has 

 entertained a very erroneous conception of my 

 intentions. Things would assume more accurate 

 proportions in Dr. W ace's mind, if he would 

 kindly remember that it is just thirty years since 

 ecclesiastical thunderbolts began to fly about my 

 ears. I have had the " Lion and the Bear " to 

 deal with, and it is long since I got quite used to 

 the threatenings of episcopal Goliaths, whose 

 croziers were like unto a weaver's beam. So that 

 I almost think I might not have noticed Dr. 

 Wace's attack, personal as it was ; and although, 

 as he is good enough to tell us, separate copies 

 are to be had for the modest equivalent of twopence, 

 as a matter of fact, it did not come under my 

 notice for a long time after it was made. May I 

 further venture to point out that (reckoning post- 

 age) the expenditure of twopence-halfpenny, or, at 

 the most, threepence, would have enabled Dr. 

 Wace so far to comply with ordinary conventions, 

 as to direct my attention to the fact that he had 

 attacked me before a meeting at which I was not 

 present ? I really am not responsible for the five 

 months' neglect of which Dr. Wace complains. 

 Singularly enough, the Eriglishry who swarmed 

 about the Engadine, during the three months 

 that I was being brought back to life by the 

 glorious air and perfect comfort of the Maloja, did 

 not, in my hearing, say anything about the 



