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tatingly express my disbelief in any assertion that 

 it is true, by whomsoever made. So that, if Dr. 

 Wace is right in his belief, he is also quite right 

 in classing me among thepeople he calls " infidels "; 

 and although I cannot fulfil the eccentric expec- 

 tation that I shall glory in a title which, from my 

 point of view, it would be simply silly to adopt, 

 I certainly shall rejoice not to be reckoned among 

 "Christians" so long as the profession of belief in 

 such stories as the Gadarene pig affair, on the 

 strength of a tradition of unknown origin, of which 

 two discrepant reports, also of unknown origin, 

 alone remain, forms any part of the Christian 

 faith. And, although I have, more than once, 

 repudiated the gift of prophecy, yet I think I 

 may venture to express the anticipation, that if 

 " Christians " generally are going to follow the line 

 taken by Dr. Wace, it will not be long before all 

 men of common sense qualify for a place among 

 the " infidels." 



