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I have quoted is an interpolation ? Does he 

 jDossess that other copy of the " two " which alone, 

 as he affirms, were printed ? 



4. If so, he will be able to say which of the 

 passages I have cited is genuine and which is not ; 

 and whether the tenor of the whole uninterpolated 

 copy differs in any important respect from that of 

 the copy I have quoted. 



It will be interesting to hear what Mr. J. S. 

 Trotter has to say upon these points. But the 

 really important thing which he has done is that 

 he has testified, of his own knowledge, that the 

 anonymous author of "The New Papacy" is no 

 mere irresponsible libeller, but a person of whom 

 even an ardent Salvationist has to speak with 

 respect. 



I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 



T. H. Huxley. 



[I may add that the unfortunate Mr. Trotter 

 did me the further service of eliciting the letter 

 from Mr. Hodges referred to on p. 277 — which 

 sufficiently establishes that gentleman's credit, 

 and leads me to attach full weight to his evidence 

 about the " third barrel."] 



January 1891. 



