APOLOGIA 133 



everything questioned, tested, and brought to the 

 dock of practical experience. If I have ventured, 

 indirectly, to preach at all, the sum of my preaching 

 is not a system, a method, but an attitude of 

 mind — the importance of being earnest, the power 

 of faith, the observant eye, the unfettered 

 judgment, independence of tradition, and, above 

 all, the inquiring mind. 



With these words I commit my pages to the 

 judgment or kindness of my brother anglers with 

 a cordial 



"Tight Lines." 



Explicit. 



BILLING AND SONS, LTD., PRINTERS, GUILDFORD. 



