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validity of some of the fundamental doctrines of 

 H. Spencer's synthetic philosophy," and so on. 



Another remarkable communication is a reply- 

 paid telegram from the States, in 1892, which ran as 

 follows : 



Unless all reason and all nature have deceived me, I 

 have found the truth. It is my intention to cross the 

 ocean to consult with those who have helped me most to 

 find it. Shall I he welcome ? Please answer at my 

 expense, and God grant we all meet in life on earth. 



Another, of British origin this time, was from a 

 man who had to read a paper before a local Literary 

 Society on the momentous question, "Where are 

 we?" so he sent round a circular to various 

 authorities to reinforce his own opinions on the six 

 heads into which he proposed to divide his dis- 

 course, viz. : 



Where are we in Space ? 

 Science ? 

 Politics? 

 Commerce ? 

 Sociology ? 

 Theology ? 



The writer received an answer, and a mild one : 



Any adequate reply to your inquiry would be of the 

 nature of a treatise, and that, I regret, I cannot under- 

 take to write. 



Two letters of this year touch on Irish affairs, in 

 which he was always interested, having withal a 

 certain first-hand knowledge of the people and the 





