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Clarendon Press to defray expenses of republication 

 in the ten yearly volumes. I understood from the 

 V. C. that he would explain this to you by sending 

 you a printed copy of the statute. But if he has not 

 done so, and if you have made any other arrange- 

 ments, I should like to know what they are. In any 

 case, please let me know soon how we stand as to this, 

 as I shall not be able to see the Y. C. till next week. 

 Looking forward with much pleasure to meeting 

 you and yours, 



I remain, yours very sincerely, 



GL J. KOMANES. 



St. Aldate's, Oxford : April 27, 1893. 



My dear Mr. Huxley, It is very kind of you to 

 send me the enclosed, which, it is needless to say, I 

 have read with no ordinary interest. 



In my censorial capacity, with which you have 

 been so considerate as to invest me, I am certainly 

 unable to find the smallest ground for any conceiv- 

 able objection ; and my wife, who has a fine nose for 

 heresy, is likewise unable to perceive any obnoxious 

 flavour. Therefore please forgive my timidity, and 

 remember that the ' scare ' was aroused only by the 

 ominous sound of your remark about expecting the 

 audience to apply your remarks to the case of modern 

 religions. 



In so much that is good, it seems to me a pity 

 that Note 19 was not embodied in the text of page 

 33 ; for in its absence the audience will suppose that 

 you regard the moral sense as opposed to that which 



