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Jahveh was no more than Zeus or Milcom; yet 

 the Jew got established the belief in the inspiration 

 of his Bible and his Law. If I were a Jew, I should 

 have the same contempt as he has for the Christian 

 who acted in this way towards me, who took my ideas 

 and scorned me for clinccins; to them." 



January 21. — Yesterday evening he again declared 

 that it was very hard for a man of peace like himself 

 to have been dragged into so many controversies. 

 " I declare that for the last twenty years I have never 

 attacked, but always fought in self-defence, counting 

 Darwin, of course, as part of myself, for dear Darwin 

 never could nor would defend himself. Before that, 



I admit I attacked , but I could not trust the 



man." A pause. " No, there was one other case, 

 when I attacked without being directly assailed, and 

 that was Gladstone. But it was good for other reasons. 

 It has always astonished me how a man after fifty or 

 sixty years of life among men could be so ignorant of 

 the best way to handle his materials. If he had only 

 read Dana, he would have found his case much better 

 stated than ever he stated it. He seemed never to 

 have read the leading authorities on his own side." 



Speaking of the hesitation shown by the Senate of 

 London University in grappling with a threatened 

 obstacle to reform, he remarked : " It is very strange 

 how most men will do anything to evade respon- 

 sibility." 



January 23. — At dinner the talk turned on plays. 

 Mr. H. A. Jones had sent him Judah, which he thought 



