568 Edward Livingston Youmans. 



[ Times ; June 2d.~\ 

 MR. SPENCER AND MR. HARRISON. 



To the Editor of the Times. 



SIR : I will not pursue this matter further, nor will I insist on Mr. 

 Spencer's fair offer to submit it to arbitration. It satisfies me if he 

 will not claim any absolute and moral right to copyright in America 

 my writings with rectifications of his own. I am accustomed to un- 

 authorized reprints of what I write ; and as I hear there is a brisk 

 sale for these essays (quorum pars minima fui) I will only con- 

 gratulate the Yankee editor on his 'cuteness. As Mr. Spencer, by 

 his offer, now admits it to be possible that he made a mistake, I am 

 ready to regard his share of it as an inadvertence. I know too well 

 his great generosity in money matters to suppose that any question 

 of profit crossed his mind. But it certainly crossed some one's mind ; 

 and I referred to it only to convince him that eager partisans had led 

 him into a mistake. It is not easy at any time to get him to see this, 

 and to open his eyes I used for once plain words. Conscious that 

 I had conducted a philosophical debate with an old friend with all 

 the deference and admiration that I really feel for his genius, it did 

 pain me to find myself treated as the proverbial dog whom any stick 

 is good enough to beat. The only arbitration I now desire is that of 

 some common friend who may convince him that I wish nothing 

 more than a return to the position of philosophic friends who agree 

 to differ about their respective systems. 



I am, &c., 



FREDERIC HARRISON. 



June i. 



[ Times, June jv/.] 

 MR. SPENCER AND MR. HARRISON. 



To the Editor of the Times. 



SIR : Rather than have any further question with Mr. Harrison, 

 and rather than have it supposed that I intentionally ignored his 

 copyright claim, I have telegraphed to Messrs. Appleton to stop the 

 sale, destroy the stock and plates, and debit me with their loss. 

 I am, faithfully yours, 



HERBERT SPENCER. 

 CLOVELLY, June 2. 



