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quotes a statement of his as evidence that a 

 statement quoted by me from Mr. Sumner's 

 work is a " forgery." But Dr. Greenwood un- 

 fortunately forgets to mention that on the 27th 

 of December 1890 (Letter No. VII. above) Mr. 

 Trotter was publicly required to produce proof 

 of his assertion ; and that he has not thought fit 

 to produce that proof. 



If I were disposed to use to Dr. Greenwood 

 language of the sort he so freely employs to me, 

 I think that he could not complain of a handsome 

 scolding. For what is the real state of the case ? 

 Simply this — that having come to the conclusion, 

 from the perusal of " In Darkest England," that 

 " General " Booth's colossal scheme (as apart from 

 the local action of Salvationists) was bad in 

 principle and must produce certain evil conse- 

 quences, and having warned the public to that 

 effect, I quite unexpectedly found my hands full 

 of evidence that the exact evils predicted had, in 

 fact, already shown themselves on a great scale ; 

 and, carefully warning the public to criticise this 

 evidence, I produced a small part of it. When 

 Dr. Greenwood talks about my want of " regard to 

 the opinion of the nine thousand odd who still 

 remain among the faithful" (p. 114), he commits 

 an imprudence. He would obviously be surprised 

 to learn the extent of the support, encouragement, 

 and information which I have received from 

 active and sincere members of the Salvation 



