304 GEORGE JOHN ROMANES 1892 



yet of recovered power and renewed work, but, for 

 the moment, there must be anxiety, and the bitter 

 strain of disappointment, and the rough curb of pain. 

 You are assured of the deep sympathy of many warm- 

 hearted friends to whom you have always shown 

 most generous kindness, and I venture to rank my- 

 self among them. We shall remember you often and 

 anxiously. 



It is a tremendous moment when first one is 

 called upon to join the great army of those who suffer. 



That vast world of love and pain opens suddenly 

 to admit us one by one within its fortress. 



We are afraid to enter into the land, yet you 

 will, I know, feel how high is the call. It is as a 

 trumpet speaking to us, that cries aloud ' It is your 

 turn endure.' Play your part. As they endured 

 before you, so now, close up the ranks be patient 

 and strong as they were. Since Christ, this world of 

 pain is no accident untoward or sinister, but a lawful 

 department of life, with experiences, interests, adven- 

 tures, hopes, delights, secrets of its own. These are all 

 thrown open to us as we pass within the gates- 

 things that we could never learn or know or see, so 

 long as we were well. 



God help you to walk through this world now 

 opened to you as through a kingdom, regal, royal, and 

 wide and glorious. My warmest sympathies to your 

 wife.' 



The first weeks of illness passed away, the phy- 

 sicians seemed more satisfied with his condition, 

 and he was sent to Carlsbad, and after five weeks 



