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and is descended maternally from both Flemish 

 and French religious refugees, and paternally 

 from an English Nonconformist, who left his 

 country and settled in America.] 9. " It is diffi- 

 cult to estimate one's own peculiarities, but I be- 

 lieve I may credit myself with more than the usual 

 amount of (. . . and) religious bias of thought. 

 I have mixed and worked with Christians of most 

 of the Protestant Churches." 10. "Strong re- 

 ligious feeling. My intention on entering . . . 

 was to devote myself to a missionary life in 

 China ; but my unexpected success in ... per- 

 suaded my friends to induce me to abandon my 

 purpose, on the ground that I might serve God 

 better in my new sphere at home. I yielded to 

 their arguments with great reluctance." 11. 

 " Intensely religious ; formerly in the Evangelical 

 sense (a tract distributor, promoter of prayer- 

 meetings, bible classes, &c.) Excessive distaste 

 to novels and fictions in any shape." (See 

 "Indifference to dogma," p. 137.) 12. "I was 

 brought up an ordinary member of the . . . 

 Church, but ultimately came to the conclusion 

 that . . . was essentially illogical. ... I had 



